From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 11 16:05:42 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 550743C9 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:05:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carlj@peak.org) Received: from mail-ie0-x243.google.com (mail-ie0-x243.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::243]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22E44C3D for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:05:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f195.google.com with SMTP id c11so1959686ieb.10 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:05:41 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:x-authentication-warning:from:to:subject:references :mail-followup-to:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent :mime-version:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=At0uBCGnb5iQGazI87EWL5E7XxIuAyW2pFdiEnGCZmU=; b=XkaToiIQXmzFcUuhQgoFatrbat42zJdj3EYXgvXkKX/BvqiT5YiJLBLexx4KPeHNW5 zH/RypQUuzVI0rrrlj3BWbGIdaomWnthmrJ8M1zUnXYsZrBKebRhDh2+DZfqVZOXZoK9 oFYQRJhvr+MjojKn497X9Pd2r4MWaKX7AbYW8j3QLCaDlBR3Ssr9GaO4QQ1qCvWKw0zN +M0Y4KQB9AvVB1/f74sGqp7qJ7FPLIX0ARUkLSH7Aqqfj0KyYlZQWCXiBXsm5GdPnMiG a0Bpv0wxNmZwOOnzRh9jGnWMje3tNsj7LA8S7ba0L+j5vaUOZHf6Kdu9x5qdtX9q28c8 iYww== X-Received: by 10.50.170.102 with SMTP id al6mr7583026igc.81.1363017941680; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:05:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bonsai.localnet ([207.55.107.62]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id qn10sm13594215igc.6.2013.03.11.09.05.40 (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:05:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from oak.localnet (oak.localnet [192.168.193.34]) by bonsai.localnet (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7088D3D5C1 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:05:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from oak.localnet (localhost.localnet [127.0.0.1]) by oak.localnet (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C746D2FB for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:05:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from carlj@localhost) by oak.localnet (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id r2BG5cl9067389; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:05:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from carlj@peak.org) X-Authentication-Warning: oak.localnet: carlj set sender to carlj@peak.org using -f From: Carl Johnson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9 and Windows XP References: <20130309120741.DED57767@ms5.mc.surewest.net> <20130311135110.9da99d99cfe968f2d904acd0@yahoo.es> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:05:38 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20130311135110.9da99d99cfe968f2d904acd0@yahoo.es> (Eduardo Morras's message of "Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:51:10 +0100") Message-ID: <87a9q9udkd.fsf@oak.localnet> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQm7rHmwZGFBO+VSRb5AD3duJg3iX4HZp9xay3kksJNyQi9R059cxL25WNACf5gqjThJc2xE 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 16:05:42 -0000 Eduardo Morras writes: > 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. It is my understanding that FreeBSD doesn't allow using part of a disk, but grabs the entire disk. That means that VirtualBox can't use partitions on a disk that any other partitions are being used by anything else, including FreeBSD itself. Am I wrong about this? I use VirtualBox using vdmk for an entire disk, but I have never been able to share with anything else. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org