Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 14:49:20 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> To: "Andrew Hesford" <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx>, "TOad Stool" <t0ad775@yahoo.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: having unix and windows on differint hard drives Message-ID: <022901c0d51e$c2510a40$8683fea9@kurley> References: <20010504185700.77658.qmail@web9306.mail.yahoo.com> <20010504153246.B19951@cec.wustl.edu>
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The way I handle this is with one of those $20 removable hard drive brackets. Put one hard drive in that & install the second hard drive normally. When the little switch is turned off, the system boots from the alternative drive. This avoids any messing around with typically temperamental bootmanagers. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Hesford" <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx> To: "TOad Stool" <t0ad775@yahoo.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 6:32 AM Subject: Re: having unix and windows on differint hard drives > On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 11:57:00AM -0700, TOad Stool wrote: > > I need to know how to share freebsd and windows on > > seperate disks. And still boot both seperatly. > > > > I have an i430 mother board, made 1995 > > IDE interface > > intel i386 > > I don,t know if this info will help, but just being > > safe. > > Windows has always handled this in typical Microsoft broken fashion. In > order to boot Windows without special third-party software, you NEED to > keep Windows on the first hard disk. Install the FreeBSD boot loader on > the first disk; this will give you a menu from which you can choose > Windows or FreeBSD. > > NT can boot from any disk, but it needs some files on the active primary > MSDOS or NTFS filesystem on the first disk... This operating system > might give you some trouble. > > -- > Andrew Hesford > ajh3@chmod.ath.cx > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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