From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 21 19:45:41 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C6C916A403 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 2006 19:45:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lauwe@planet.nl) Received: from timkapel.nl (ip3e83f079.speed.planet.nl [62.131.240.121]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 110D143D5C for ; Sat, 21 Oct 2006 19:45:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lauwe@planet.nl) Received: from [192.168.0.7] by timkapel.nl (MDaemon PRO v9.0.4) with ESMTP id md50000007424.msg for ; Sat, 21 Oct 2006 21:45:29 +0200 Message-ID: <453A78D7.9050300@planet.nl> Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 21:45:27 +0200 From: Laurens Timmermans User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kent Stewart , Tore Lund References: <453A45CE.3080301@planet.nl> <200610211048.55010.kstewart@owt.com> <453A64B4.4000504@planet.nl> <200610211135.16683.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <200610211135.16683.kstewart@owt.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authenticated-Sender: laurens@timkapel.nl X-Spam-Processed: mail.timkapel.nl, Sat, 21 Oct 2006 21:45:29 +0200 (not processed: message from trusted or authenticated source) X-Return-Path: lauwe@planet.nl X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dualboot Ntloader "invalid slice" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: lauwe@planet.nl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 19:45:41 -0000 Kent Stewart schreef: > On Saturday 21 October 2006 11:19, Laurens Timmermans wrote: >> Kent Stewart schreef: >>> On Saturday 21 October 2006 09:07, Laurens Timmermans wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I am trying to get a double boot system on my laptop with ... >>> That is very similar to what I am using right now on this computer >>> and 3 others. What does your boot.ini look like. >>> >>> Kent >> My boot.ini looks like this: >> >> [boot loader] >> timeout=5 >> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS >> [operating systems] >> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP >> Professinal" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect >> c:\boot1="FreeBSD" >> > > The only difference is I called it bootsect.bsd to make it look like > everything else. Could you have somehow copied it badly. I always have > a machine running and did a binary ftp to the local machine and then > renamed to to the *.bsd. > > Kent > I don't see what could have gone wrong with the copying. I tried a couple of times. Tore Lund schreef: > Laurens Timmermans wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am trying to get a double boot system on my laptop with FreeBSD ... > > I found a thread that may or may not be relevant - this message in > particular: > > http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/current/2005-09/0177.html > > Start of thread: > > http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/current/2005-09/0079.html Thank you for that link, the problem described there is in a way similar to mine. Unfortunately the problem was fixed by updating the bios, and i already have the latest version (A04) for my laptop (Dell Precision M70).