From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 22 3:19:34 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sand4.global.net.uk (sand4.global.net.uk [194.126.80.248]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CAFE14D62 for ; Sun, 22 Aug 1999 03:19:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@globalnet.co.uk) Received: from pb5s11a06.client.global.net.uk ([195.147.219.182] helo=marder-1.) by sand4.global.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 11IUiL-0003nd-00; Sun, 22 Aug 1999 11:19:01 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id LAA00482; Sun, 22 Aug 1999 11:11:16 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 11:11:16 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Alex Kwan Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD + Windows NT Message-ID: <19990822111116.E278@marder-1> References: <000501beec84$9107d380$b0c2fea9@parsley> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <000501beec84$9107d380$b0c2fea9@parsley>; from Alex Kwan on Sun, Aug 22, 1999 at 05:56:09PM +0800 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message