From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 16 7:25:26 2002 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 9F65737B401 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 07:25:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.bellavista.cz (mail.bellavista.cz [62.168.44.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86A6943ED8 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 07:25:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: from freepuppy.bellavista.cz (freepuppy.bellavista.cz [10.0.0.10]) by mail.bellavista.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 256CA2C2; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 17:22:11 +0100 (CET) Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 2B8FD2FDCE9; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 16:24:42 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 16:24:42 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Brian Jackson Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot Manager / Install Message-ID: <20021216152442.GS56031@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Brian Jackson , questions@freebsd.org References: <3DFDEC00.5070702@conversent.com> <3DFDEDAF.3070802@conversent.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3DFDEDAF.3070802@conversent.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG # bjackson@conversent.com / 2002-12-16 10:13:51 -0500: > Brian Jackson wrote: > > I have a question regarding installation - the handbook alluded to > > the answer, but I'd like opinions from people who may have done this > > before :) > > It seems like this was addressed in a thread that I missed (see Dual > Booting FreeBSD 4.7 and Windows XP) - the boot manager didn't seem to > install on the boot drive when I installed FreeBSD on my second disk - > are there any special options to make sure this happens? I'll give it > another go tonight and see if I missed something obvious. the bootmgr got installed in mbr of the drive you installed FreeBSD on. if you only have FreeBSD on that disk, you don't need the bootmgr there. /stand/sysinstall -> Configure -> Fdisk -> ad0 -> Q -> BootMgr -> ad1 -> Q -> Standard this should get you the FreeBSD boot loader in the MBR of the first (XP) drive, and standard MBR on the second (FBSD) drive. You don't need Partition Magic or anything like that, because the FreeBSD bootmgr fits into the MBR; IOW, doesn't need its own partition. -- If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore your message. see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message