Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 14:43:36 +0100 From: S Roberts <stacey@vickiandstacey.com> To: Masoom Shaikh <masoom.shaikh@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD-8 Dual Booting With Pre-Installed Windows 7? Message-ID: <20100405144336.00007ba5@unknown> In-Reply-To: <h2yb10011eb1004050624j8cab955bq761cdb1a889cde22@mail.gmail.com> References: <20100404000942.00003960@unknown> <faecae493816d417c6cb7e0b8696802d.squirrel@www.eskk.nu> <20100404092227.GA2632@chimera.vickiandstacey.com> <p2ib10011eb1004050602k592c1d79ie5c17c66ee57b38f@mail.gmail.com> <20100405141513.00005c14@unknown> <h2yb10011eb1004050624j8cab955bq761cdb1a889cde22@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello Masoom, On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 18:54:12 +0530 Masoom Shaikh <masoom.shaikh@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 6:45 PM, S Roberts <stacey@vickiandstacey.com> > wrote: > > Hi Masoom, > > =A0 Good to hear from you.., > > > > On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 18:32:57 +0530 > > Masoom Shaikh <masoom.shaikh@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Stacey Roberts > >> <stacey@vickiandstacey.com> wrote: > >> > Hello Leslie, > >> > =A0 =A0 =A0Good to hear from you.., > >> > > >> > On Sun, 04 Apr 2010, Leslie Jensen wrote: > >> >> > >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-questions@freebsd.org/msg229158= .html > >> >> > >> >> /Leslie > >> >> > >> > > >> > I had a look at the thread - thanks.., > >> > > >> > The documentation for EasyBCD documentation itself states that > >> > its compatible with windows vista - there's nowhere that actually > >> > states that it supports windows 7. > >> > >> I have been using EasyBCD on Win7 + FBSD8 for some 6+ months now > >> > > > > That's great to hear.., Can you confirm that you started off with a > > pre-installed windows 7 machine / single disk and then **added** > > FreeBSD, please? >=20 > Win7 was not pre-installed. I have three partitions, > part1(c:) - NTFS > part2(d:) - FAT32 > part3 - UFS2, not visible to Win7, visible in Disk Management console > as free space >=20 > Win7 is installed on part1, part2 is data drive so that bot OSes can > read/write do not want to use fusefs >=20 > first install Win7, then FreeBSD, then boot in Win7 and use EasyBCD to > add FreeBSD as another entry > remember to advise FreeBSD to not touch MBR. >=20 Understood. So for your installation of FreeBSD, selecting "None Leave Master Boot Record untouched" actually did work - and you did **NOT** find that sysinstall still went ahead and messed with the mbr? Sorry for the questions, but I recall a recent thread where a few people confirmed that this option does not behave as expected, and folks ended up with broken windows mbrs. Thanks again, Masoom. Regards, S Roberts > have fun!! >=20 > > > > Tell me something - Which of the 3 FreeBSD boot manager options did > > you select, please? >=20 > don't let FreeBSD touch your MBR, Win7 won't like that >=20 > > > > Thanks! > > > > Regards, > > > > S Roberts > > > > > >> > > >> > Or, am I missing something? > >> > > >> > I noted that the link by the responder in the thread also refers > >> > to a document that is based on windows vista, but will review > >> > this as well. > >> > > >> > Thanks! > >> > > >> > Regards, > >> > > >> > S Roberts > >> > > >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Hello, > >> >> > Sorry if this has been asked before, but can some point me to > >> >> > where I can find info on installing FreeBSD-8 to a windows-7 > >> >> > pre-installed machine (single disk) in a dual-boot set up, > >> >> > please? > >> >> > > >> >> > Any assistance is appreciated. > >> >> > > >> >> > Thanks. > >> >> > > >> >> > Regards, > >> >> > > >> >> > S Roberts > >> >> > _______________________________________________ > >> >> > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >> >> > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >> >> > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >> >> > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >> > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >> > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >> > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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