From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 11 12:51:04 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01978EA4 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:51:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emorrasg@yahoo.es) Received: from nm9.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com (nm9.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com [77.238.189.35]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3AB85EE5 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:51:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [212.82.105.246] by nm9.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Mar 2013 12:50:53 -0000 Received: from [46.228.39.43] by tm18.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Mar 2013 12:50:53 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp176.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Mar 2013 12:50:53 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.es; s=s1024; t=1363006253; bh=AaRDNzeM8ftrFqPZrTpXZihycwdN/o7ZHRtQ1TEHLyI=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-Id:In-Reply-To:References:X-Mailer:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=gzcXEaegnrkXS58b4ZD0V5YDNh/oqS8QmumMAKqrtH5dz6OTdeAFvHnFP8k3Q/1GOxlXLJrJHhgBnSUwbdTvIy1La7wmpZIWYF4ZFA28efKt429AW50Vcq7Au8UGuxf/iDWxYos9Ri6Gu2Nam7QWXKGBEVNNztyzBY9uA3m/Upg= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 819897.42096.bm@smtp176.mail.ir2.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: 041lrHwVM1mkYPn1lECyaiNlSxSobqeO77PJVEI9roFOQVI tSIQa8pb3zItd74AcJjpfXUtBphfOgANdy8nOS99sSwYaQaoIevSvs3e_zTA J6s9qEdKlDjyEXPhaEYhSRhOu42rGgkPPMhgOVGi8l96bMEie3WMCN9D0CtW 73ymkiTkusilUfQjxCNxS8YJ6VuAt._7kLr_PCkSTrW70ZGnYeN4cdcX5g5h bIHoNcQXe0WDteuqNwBdFAuCGdlswSvDBY9TI7Q8g2wECfR9JJxwXJujjKoh 6LRP0RShWoTbLzF.dYlGADQ3zusVEfVB6UZtcqA3hut8akNC_t_osbh_rfLa 6DJKbbuPuHzPBLRXOTljBLfnSN1FQlUBOip.TGtN1aGWHXMcL9SImX40kXFB qTHFJ2DAyIlUdc_ig X-Yahoo-SMTP: mX392iiswBAeJNdO_s.EW62LZDJR Received: from camibar.emorras.eu (emorrasg@85.219.45.252 with plain) by smtp176.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 11 Mar 2013 12:50:53 +0000 UTC Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:51:10 +0100 From: Eduardo Morras To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9 and Windows XP Message-Id: <20130311135110.9da99d99cfe968f2d904acd0@yahoo.es> In-Reply-To: <20130309120741.DED57767@ms5.mc.surewest.net> References: <20130309120741.DED57767@ms5.mc.surewest.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.3.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:51:04 -0000 On Sat, 9 Mar 2013 12:07:41 -0800 (PST) wrote: > Good afternoon, FreeBSD enthusiasts. Can FreeBSD 9.1 be installed on a computer on which Windows XP currently resides? If so, how can this installation be >done? In particular, is there a way to install 9.1 so that it can be booted from the traditional master boot record? It is important that, when I am done, I can >still boot to Windows XP, as I must run some applications not available on FreeBSD. If the idea I am proposing is not feasible with version 9.1, will it work with >8.3? Any comments are appreciated. If this question has already been asked many times before, please just let me know where to look to find the answer. Thanks. >Newbie502 As an addon to other answers, you can install VirtualBox, create a minimal hard disk with MBR boot menu that points to the WindowsXP partition. This way you don't need to restart in WinXP. The same can be done from WinXP side, a minimal hd with MBR boot menu to startup the FreeBSD. --- --- Eduardo Morras