Date: 26 Apr 2003 11:06:15 -0400 From: Adam <blueeskimo@gmx.net> To: Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems setting up dual-boot Message-ID: <1051369575.76975.1090.camel@jake> In-Reply-To: <oprn7tza0b0cf2rk@fastmail.fm> References: <1051291685.76975.21.camel@jake> <1051298988.76975.28.camel@jake> <oprn7tza0b0cf2rk@fastmail.fm>
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--=-j20HF/0gEHKUn7CzXnic Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2003-04-25 at 22:46, Jud wrote: > There's an FAQ about this on the FreeBSD web site, but I'm not exactly su= re=20 > of how to follow the instructions where Windows and FreeBSD are on=20 > different disks.=20 Yeah, this is the primary spot where I was getting lost. All the instructions seem to assume that they are installed on the same disk. > It would have told you (small comfort) that the=20 > boot1=3Dboot.bsd method is only for Win and FBSD on the same disk. Well, that is a comfort, because at least I know it wasn't my fault that it wasn't working (other than me applying an incorrect solution). > BTW, what do you mean by 1024mb swap partition "before" root? Is swap or= /=20 > on the "a" partition of your FreeBSD slice? FreeBSD expects to see / in=20 > the "a" partition, so change that if it's currently otherwise. Well, I have /dev/ad3s1b set as the swap, then /dev/ad3s2a mounted as /. =46rom some of the reports I've been reading, / should have been mounted on the first slice. Am I wrong? > - If you don't care about your Windows partition being called '???',=20 > install the FreeBSD bootloader on both hard drives and you're ready to go= . I actually tried this, in 2 ways. First, I tried using '/stand/sysinstall' to add the boot manager to hd0 (Win2k disk). This didn't have any effect at all.=20 Second, I used the following command (IIRC): boot0cfg -B ad0 This did add a boot menu when starting on hd0, but the second option was just 'drive 1' and selecting that option just caused the machine to reboot. The ??? option loads Win2k properly (well, as properly as Windows could ever load, but that's a whole other story). > - Install FreeBSD, reboot into it, then install grub from=20 > /usr/ports/sysutils/grub. (First, read the online grub documentation=20 > *thoroughly*.) This is going to be my next attempt. Hopefully grub will be able to set up the dual boot properly. > - If you have some spare room (could be as little as 105mb) on your Win=20 > drive, use BootItNG, a shareware (30-day trial) utility with a nice easy=20 > graphical interface, to shrink your Win partition(s) by enough to put you= r=20 > / partition on the Win drive, leaving the rest of your FreeBSD partitions= =20 > on the other drive. (I like to make root about 256mb, though that's=20 > strictly seat-of-the-pants - don't know if a / of more than 100mb serves=20 > any purpose.) Then just do the boot1=3Dboot.bsd thing, and since your Wi= n=20 > and FreeBSD boot partitions are both on the same drive, it'll work. I do have room on the drive, but I'm a little leery of apps like this one. I don't trust anything related to Windows to work properly. Have you actually used this tool in practice? Does it work without problems? > - If you have room on your FreeBSD drive, install Windows in 1gb or=20 > slightly more. Then do boot1=3Dboot.bsd to boot FreeBSD. You will have = to=20 > read up on the language used in the Win boot.ini file so you can modify i= t=20 > to boot your main Win installation on the other drive. Don't have enough room on the FreeBSD drive to attempt this option. > HTH, It certainly does. Thanks! --=20 Adam <blueeskimo@gmx.net> --=-j20HF/0gEHKUn7CzXnic Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA+qqBnu3o4GBMSDL4RAvGrAKCg4OvE+UU4warF93vfIfW2MdZo5wCgm3AM THb5Lup1HdkIiINAhuaCNRQ= =xIkB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-j20HF/0gEHKUn7CzXnic--
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