From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 7 3: 7:47 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from monsoon.mail.pipex.net (monsoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.69]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 955EF3DCD for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2000 03:07:43 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 18497 invoked from network); 7 Feb 2000 10:42:49 -0000 Received: from userad98.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.131.141) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 7 Feb 2000 10:42:49 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA02163; Mon, 7 Feb 2000 10:43:12 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 10:43:12 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: Adam Cc: Technical Information , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD boot Message-ID: <20000207104311.A1906@marder-1> References: <4.2.2.20000206223818.05e1d160@mail.threespace.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Feb 06, 2000 at 10:26:19PM -0600, Adam wrote: > > > I have installed the boot manager but its on the second HD :) > > I have looked at the boot.ini in NT, > > I am not sure what I would put for the entry though, from the docs I have > read the entry will look like this > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(x)partition(y)\ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This stuff only works with NT. See http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html#AEN1648 for details of exactly how to add FreeBSD (on the first *or* second disk) to NT's boot mangler. > > > > But I am not sure what to put for it to boot the FreeBSD partition? > > If worse comes to worse I would like to install everything over, right now I > have a 27 GB HD, > > C: 4GB > D: 16 GB > > > If I was to install NT over , what would I make the base partition in order > to install FreeBSD Boot manager? Its something like 528 MB or the first 1024 > cylinders on the HD right? > > > Thanks for all the help > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: Re: FreeBSD boot > > > It sounds like you need a boot manager of some sort. FreeBSD's own > BootEasy should be able to handle the task. Last time I used it, it > automatically detected the partitions that were available, so configuring > it was unnecessary. I'll assume this is still the case. If BootEasy is > installed in the boot sector of the primary hard drive, you should get the > prompts to press a function key to boot the selected OS. > > Alternatively, I think you can use NT's bootloader to boot FreeBSD. Making > the correct changes to the C:/BOOT.INI file should allow you to add an > entry for your FreeBSD partition. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A SYSTEM FILE > AND THAT YOU EDIT IT AT YOUR OWN RISK! ANY MISTAKES MAY RENDER YOUR > COMPUTER UNBOOTABLE! (Is that a word?) > > --Chip Morton > > > > At 06:24 PM 2/6/00 , Adam wrote: > >Hello, > > > >I have installed FreeBSD on to a second HD in a machine, but when I reboot > I > >go straight into my other Operating system installed (winNT). I think I > >have to set the second hard drive in the machine to be bootable. > > > > > >How would I go about doing this? > > > > > >Also when I installed FreeBSD on the second HD, did the FreeBSD boot > manager > >know if any other operating systems where installed on the other hard > >drives? > > > >Thanks > > > >Adam > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? BSD: Are you guys coming, or what? -Poster at LinuxWorld 2000 ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message