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Subject: Re: how to dual boot
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On Friday 16 December 2005 21:31, Marty Landman wrote:
> I'm trying to get a dual boot system set up with FBSD 5.3 and Win XP sp1.
> First I installed FBSD using 15GB of the HD, then installed XP on the
> remaining 5GB. However now it boots up XP automatically. I can get back to
> the FBSD installer by booting from the 5.3 CD but what do I do to provide a
> choice of which to boot right on the HD?

Get the GAG bootloader, it's free, really easy to use and you can install it 
from ports or from many linux live CDs.

What's really nice about it, is that it's all menu driven, and the complete 
setup menu is accessible from the boot screen. So a year from now you can 
tweak the boot delay or add a new OS without the risk of screwing up.