Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 17:21:44 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> To: "Andy [Tecc Nops]" <andy@tecc.co.uk> Cc: FBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: dual boot pain Message-ID: <20010611172144.C2630@everest.wananchi.com> In-Reply-To: <NDBBKOKIGKLFGGPFHCGBEEJFDDAA.andy@tecc.co.uk>; from "Andy [Tecc Nops]" on Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 03:20:05PM %2B0100 References: <NDBBKOKIGKLFGGPFHCGBEEJFDDAA.andy@tecc.co.uk>
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--Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Andy [Tecc Nops] <andy@tecc.co.uk> [20010611 17:18]: writing on the subje= ct 'dual boot pain' Andy> Hi all Andy>=20 Andy> OK, trying to get a machine to dual boot Andy> FreeBSD 4.3 and W2K. I have two IDE drives. Andy> The pri drive has W2k loaded and the sec drive Andy> is fBSD. I've tried everything to get this Andy> machine to dual boot. Install fbsd then w2k, Andy> then w2k/fbsd, diff partitions, diff drives Andy> with no success. I've frantically searched Andy> lists/web docs but nothing seems to work. Andy>=20 Andy> Here's my current boot.ini fyi..... Andy>=20 Andy> [boot loader] Andy> timeout=3D30 Andy> default=3Dmulti(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT Andy> [operating systems] Andy> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT=3D"Microsoft Windows 2000 Andy> Professional" /fastdetect Andy> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)=3D"FreeBSD Unix" Andy> C:\boot0 =3D "FreeBSD 4.2 0" Andy> C:\boot1 =3D "FreeBSD 4.2 1" Andy> C:\boot2 =3D "FreeBSD 4.2 2" Andy>=20 Andy> I copied the bootX files from the CDROM #2 disk Andy> from /boot to c:\ Andy>=20 Andy> Also, if I tell bios to boot C,A,SCSI then W2k Andy> loads (with the boot options from boot.ini above Andy> but none of the specified fbsd options work, Andy> machine just says either "boot error" or Andy> "PRESS ANY KEY TO REBOOT". However, if I Andy> tell bios to boot D,A,SCSI the fbsd boots Andy> normally. In a sane world I would be happy Andy> with this solution however the W2k is for use Andy> by "none" *nix people so I'd much rather the Andy> boot loader system works. Andy>=20 Andy> Anyone any ideas? Did you say "YES" to install the boot manager when you were installing FreeBSD? Install Winblows, then Install FreeBSD and accept to install the boot manager. That has always worked for me, regardless of the version of Winblows ;-) -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington Wananchi Online Ltd., wash@wananchi.com 1st Flr Loita Hse. Tel: 254 2 313985 Loita Street., Fax: 254 2 313922 PO Box 10286,00100-NAIROBI,KE. Do not keep saying to yourself, if you can possibly avoid it, 'But how can = it=20 be like that?' because you will get 'down the drain,' into a blind alley fr= om=20 which nobody has yet escaped. Nobody knows how it can be like that.=20 -Richard Feynman=20 --Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7JNP4n7LIsuxjem8RAqVjAJ9byl/ggoDHe33iyY9FFZ9HXfgB1QCcCeIC asBYDvj1JJt70dRwNQFcLFs= =pzn9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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