Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 12:28:00 -0500 From: "HOLLOW, CHRISTOPHER" <christopher.hollow@cgi.com> To: Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm> Cc: 'freebsd-questions' <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 4.9-RELEASE + XP Pro problem Message-ID: <403643A0.40305@cgi.com> In-Reply-To: <1077297615.20387.181381564@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <200402201513.i1KFDab10175@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <1077297615.20387.181381564@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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>>Just make sure your XP is fully installed first and boots OK >>Then install FreeBSD and select the MBR (not 'none' and not 'standard') > > [snip] > > Actually, you should choose to install a standard MBR and *not* to use > the FreeBSD boot loader in order to accomplish what you describe Why not choose to use the Boot Loader? Won't it then load the F1/F2 boot menu allowing the user to choose which OS they want to boot? That's the way I have my 4.8/W2K box config'd. HTH, Christopher Hollow Jud wrote: > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 10:13:35 -0500 (EST), "Jerry McAllister" > <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> said: > >>>Hello All, >>> >>>I'm having a hell of a time getting XP Pro and 4.9 on the same drive. >>>I've tried various ways to get them to co-exist to no avail. >>>Here's what I'm trying to accomplish; >>> >>>30 GB HD total >>> >>>First 24 GB = XP >>> >>>Last 6 GB = 4.9 >>> >>>Installed XP first, then 4.9, said NONE at the boot menu during install. >> >>There is your problem right there. >>You should have selected the full MBR. >>Then everything would have fallen in place with none of that >>other fixboot stuff at all. >> >>Just make sure your XP is fully installed first and boots OK >>Then install FreeBSD and select the MBR (not 'none' and not 'standard') > > [snip] > > Actually, you should choose to install a standard MBR and *not* to use > the FreeBSD boot loader in order to accomplish what you describe below. > > >>>What I want is to have the nt boot loader give the choice to boot into >>>bsd by using the boot1 -> bootsect.bsd method in boot.ini. > > > Read the following FAQ carefully. If you try it and are unsuccessful, > come on back here and let us know what happened. > > <URL: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#NT-BOOTLOADER>; > > Jud > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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