Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 15:31:55 +0100 From: "Ranjan1018 ." <214748mv@gmail.com> To: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=26S_=2D_Krasznai_Andr=E1s?= <Krasznai.Andras@mands.hu> Subject: Re: dual-booting windows 7 and freebsd 10 from gpt partition SSD Message-ID: <CACyC=qb85sF=p-ANkc=X-a2KzW%2Buh42WcMS=WSGst6F6cLUg8Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <532C8871.9000404@allanjude.com> References: <3B0F582294DE3E448963BA62DC306AEE31B45D4F8B@exchange.mands.hu> <532C8871.9000404@allanjude.com>
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I have installed Windows 8 and FreeBSD on the same Hard Disk, in a Samsung laptop, as explained in this post : https://forums.freebsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=44015 Maurizio 2014-03-21 19:44 GMT+01:00 Allan Jude <freebsd@allanjude.com>: > On 2014-03-21 03:47, M&S - Krasznai András wrote: > > hi > > > > I have been using freebsd and windows 7 on mbr partitioned hdd (using > easybcd on windows to manipulate boot menu and boot code). > > > > recently I bought an new machine with Intel I7 processor, uefi bios, > ssd and installed windows 7 64-bit first. > > > > after that I installed freebsd 10 (amd64); I used guided partitioning, > which created a 64-kB freebsd-boot partition, a 48GB / partition and a swap > about 2.5 GB. > > > > > > Then I tried to set up booting by the same method: install easybcd in > windows, then set up boot menu with easybcd, add an entry freebsd as > BSD/FreeBSD type entry, but this time I am not able to get it work. > > > > Win 7 boots OK, but freebsd does not start, the windows boot manager > complains about missing or corrupt boot block, which is definitely on the > given full path. > > > > How can I get a working dual booting system in this case? Can anbody > help me? > > > > Regards > > Krasznai András > > rendszermérnök > > M&S Informatikai Zrt. > > 1136 Budapest, Pannónia u. 17/A. > > Telefon: +36 1 703-2923 > > Mobil: +36 30 703-2923 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > If I recall correctly, Windows will only boot a GPT partition if uEFI is > enabled, and FreeBSD cannot boot uEFI (yet). I have only successfully > dual booted using 2 different drives and using the BIOS boot selection > menu, with the BIOS set to uEFI/CSM fallback mode, so that it uses uEFI > for the Windows disk and CSM for the FreeBSD disk. > > Although, I didn't really try that hard, as I had the two drives and it > worked. > > -- > Allan Jude > >
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