Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 20:30:11 +0100 From: David Jenkins <david.jenkins@gmail.com> To: bnelson715@hotmail.com Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Multi-Booting With Windows XP Pro Message-ID: <9395922d04100912301126c231@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY24-DAV66pkNzPZrI000027dc@hotmail.com> References: <BAY24-DAV66pkNzPZrI000027dc@hotmail.com>
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On Sat, 9 Oct 2004 14:04:53 -0400, Bryan Nelson <bnelson715@hotmail.com> wrote: > Deoes anyone have any experience getting FreeBSD to multi-boot with Windows > XP Pro? Am using XP Pro SP2 and FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE. I installed the > boot manager but everytime I reboot it boots straight to XP. Any help would > be appreciated. > > Bryan > bnelson715@hotmail.com Yep, Don't use the boot manager from FreeBSD. IMHO, I've had less problems by copying BOOTSECT.BSD to C:\ and modifying your boot.ini file in Windows. Search google. I've just tried, and I pulled these results. http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=windows+xp+freebsd+dual+boot+bootsect.bsd&spell=1 Hope this helps, David
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