From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 19 18:22:59 2002 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 517A037B401 for ; Sat, 19 Oct 2002 18:22:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp02.wxs.nl (smtp02.wxs.nl [195.121.6.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A11443E65 for ; Sat, 19 Oct 2002 18:22:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from cybertron.kruijff ([213.10.151.186]) by smtp02.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id H49AI801.D3K; Sun, 20 Oct 2002 03:22:56 +0200 Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 03:22:26 +0200 From: Alex X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.53d) Reply-To: freebsd-reply@akruijff.dds.nl X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <6911277886.20021020032226@dds.nl> To: "Kirk R. Wythers" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, kwythers@umn.edu Subject: Re: dual boot install In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thursday, October 17, 2002, 5:22:29 PM, you wrote: KRW> I have a dual boot redhat/win98 box at home that I boot with lilo. I'd like KRW> to replace redhat with freebsd. My main concern is getting rid of lilo, so KRW> that I can use the freebsd bootloader to choose between windows and freesd. KRW> I'm not sure how a freebsd install will treat lilo. Will the freebsd simply KRW> overwrite lilo and alow me to choose between windows and freebsd? or creat KRW> some crazy double boot loader situation? KRW> I'm looking for a little wisdom regarding how to prepare for a freebsd KRW> install with out messing up the windows partitions (C and D with a ext2 KRW> linux partion between them). Should I reinstall the windows bootloader KRW> first? KRW> Thanks KRW> Kirk KRW> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org KRW> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Dear Kirk, When you install the bootloader it will overwrite the MBR if you choice to use it. -- Best regards, Alex The FreeBSD handbook http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html How to get the best results from FreeBSD-Questions http://www.lemis.com/questions.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message