From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 26 00:35:58 2004 Return-Path: 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 1A85B16A4CE for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 00:35:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pinky.otenet.gr (pinky.otenet.gr [195.170.0.24]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1014843D54 for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 00:35:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-a130.otenet.gr [212.205.215.130]) i5Q0ZoCP002967; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 03:35:51 +0300 Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i5Q0ZmjO075724; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 03:35:49 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i5Q0ZmtL075723; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 03:35:48 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 03:35:47 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Henrik W Lund Message-ID: <20040626003547.GA75676@gothmog.gr> References: <40DC77C4.4020503@broadpark.no> <1088166069.24879.199166115@webmail.messagingengine.com> <40DCE70C.2010706@broadpark.no> <40DD2CC4.1050605@broadpark.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40DD2CC4.1050605@broadpark.no> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot0 configuration question... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 00:35:58 -0000 On 2004-06-26 00:59, Henrik W Lund wrote: > Now, what I did not expect is that if I set the FreeBSD drive as drive > 0 in the BIOS, I am still unable to boot WinXP. The boot manager comes > up, I select Drive 1, it prompts me again and I select the '???' entry > (WinXP) - and the machine reboots. Selecting FreeBSD at the first > invocation of boot0 gets me into FreeBSD alright. > However, setting the WinXP drive as drive 0 in the BIOS things work > flawlessly. At the first invocation of boot0, WinXP boots up if I > select '???'. If I select Drive 1, and the second invocation of boot0 > appears and I select 'FreeBSD' - it boots FreeBSD!! > Is this some weirdness of the BIOS? That the onboard IDE controllers > are somehow inherently preferred, and that weirdness occurs if drives > on any other controller are set to drive 0? It beats me, maybe one of > you guys know. Please let me know if you do, as this befuddles me. AFAIK it's not a weirdness of the BIOS but of the Windows XP loader, which expects that it will be fired up from the first (and only) active partition of the first disk.