Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 11:11:16 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Alex Kwan <alexkwan@pacific.net.hk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD + Windows NT Message-ID: <19990822111116.E278@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <000501beec84$9107d380$b0c2fea9@parsley>; from Alex Kwan on Sun, Aug 22, 1999 at 05:56:09PM %2B0800 References: <000501beec84$9107d380$b0c2fea9@parsley>
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On Sun, Aug 22, 1999 at 05:56:09PM +0800, Alex Kwan wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Can I make the FreeBSD and Windows NT
> live together in same PC (dual boot) ?
> If "yes", how to?
>
Yes. Install NT first, then FreeBSD (if you do it the other way
round NT will overwrite the MBR and you'll have to mess about fixing
it so you can boot FreeBSD).
You can use the FreeBSD boot manager to start NT provided it boots
from a FAT partition, i.e. C: is FAT, but I prefer to use NT's boot
manager.
If you're using FreeBSD 3.x then after installing FreeBSD copy
/boot/boot1 to C:\BOOTSECT.BSD if FreeBSD is on the same disk that
NT *boots* from. If FreeBSD is on another disk then copy /boot/boot0.
Then edit C:\BOOT.INI to add the entry for FreeBSD:
[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=C:\
[Operating Systems]
C:\="Windows 95"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINNT="Windows NT 4"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINNT="Windows NT 4 VGA" /basevideo /sos
C:\BOOTSECT.BSD="FreeBSD"
If you are using 2.2.x then you have to use dd(1) to create
C:\BOOTSECT.BSD. See section 8 of the handbook " How can I use the
NT loader to boot FreeBSD?" for instructions (it only covers 2.2.x
but I've raised a PR with an update to cover 3.x systems).
HTH
> Thansk!
>
> Alex
>
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