Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 19:23:59 -0500 From: jacks@sage-american.com To: Darren Wyn Rees <merlin@netlink.co.uk>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing boot manager (dual boot, two disks, w2k, freebsd) Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20010731192359.01aea8f0@mail.sage-american.com> In-Reply-To: <20010731223713.A27921@maesd.A470.com>
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I have installed FreeBSD with Win2000 on several machines and installed the Easy Boot Manager feature used in the sysinstall. One install with a Pentium went smoothly as silk, but others were very difficult. On the smooth one, Win2K was already installed on the first drive and I installed FreeBSD on a second drive. Afterwards, the Boot Manager popped right up as it should. On the "tough" machines, I found that if Win2K were installed after FreeBSD, it will overwrite the Easy Boot Manager. Also, I found it easier to PARTITION the first drive and install Win2K first and then FreeBSD. That made those machines work fine as dual boot. However, I have not figured out how to make Easy Boot install properly on the tough machines if I try to install FreeBSD on the second drive. Also, Win2k will not install properly on the second drive in part of the first partition does not have a DOS partition to write the setup files. Again, if Win2K is installed second, it will overwrite the Easy Boot... at least that was my experience.... The motherboard seemed to be the variable on this.... Hope this helps some one... maybe me if some one can tell me what I did wrong.... At 10:37 PM 7.31.2001 +0000, Darren Wyn Rees wrote: >I've installed FreeBSD 4.3 on hard disk two in a box, >with Windows 2000 on hard disk one. I chose not to >install the boot loader as I wasn't sure if it would >work. > >Will the boot loader that comes with FreeBSD be able >to reside on hard disk one, and dual boot hard disk >one and FreeBSD on hard disk two ? > >How can I install the boot loader ? Should I reboot >the FreeBSD CD, and take it from there ? > >Help ! > >-- >Darren Wyn Rees merlin@netlink.co.uk > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Server Admin Sage-American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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