From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 29 12:59:42 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 7649416A420 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:59:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dick@nagual.st) Received: from nagual.st (cc20684-a.assen1.dr.home.nl [82.74.2.186]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6C6143D6D for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:59:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dick@nagual.st) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 1000) by nagual.st with local; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 14:59:36 +0200 id 00000103.431306B8.00000D8E Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 14:59:36 +0200 From: dick hoogendijk To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20050829145936.1222769a.dick@nagual.st> In-Reply-To: <1125318323.26759.3.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> References: <4312C8A3.7010906@locolomo.org> <20050829120339.24fc9fcd.dick@nagual.st> <1125318323.26759.3.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> Organization: nagual X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.0.0 (GTK+ 2.6.8; i386-portbld-freebsd4.11) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Dualboot with FBSD boot manager X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:59:42 -0000 On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:25:23 +0100 Robert Slade wrote: > On Mon, 2005-08-29 at 11:03, dick hoogendijk wrote: > > Windows, including XP, wants to boot off the C-drive (the first boot > > device that is). So either you switch your drives OR you setup the > > BIOS to boot of the SECOND hardrive first. > > That is not quite true. Windows Xp (&NT, 2k) can be on any partion. > The boot loader need to be at the start of the C-Drive. Technically true. I knew that. But in the case of the OP there is no way to put the bootloader of XP on the C-drive since it is formatted as a fbsd (utf) drive. Furthermore I stated that XP wants to *BOOT* off the C-drive. I did not mention the space of the rest of the OS ;-) ONE other way to deal with the problem (I did that succesfully once) is to install GAG. When you add XP as a new OS say YES to the question if the drives should be switched. That way everything can stay as it is. Only difference will be the bootmananger ;-) -- dick -- http://nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 4.11-stable ++ FreeBSD 5.4 + Nai tiruvantel ar vayuvantel i Valar tielyanna nu vilja