From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 22 14:31:56 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B3C7D7C2 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 14:31:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vc0-x229.google.com (mail-vc0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c03::229]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6FED027A for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 14:31:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f169.google.com with SMTP id ik5so3949234vcb.14 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 07:31:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=a3Ge24vDoK1sE5Yr5U/2paTPfh046t9/JwkIOKVc810=; b=yZ3fH4cPIwcImI428RKVP3flLiLjlLXGLyuzmvPnlkVTKK5hTy1bi23yHj9zTPk1gj UoXjkYrj/9pBrbcMbcQb1FN/I+WEd9IJAjf608bo6PsI2xJHpqzwnwHtLyKe1qJpemSI YaHwrFTFwsG5Br1wRHQoNwRwkqbGBBFc6Fo28vYJTQkFkMHe0UPLp7cIw9fD1aYVISZb TZmcYy/UaC7FRn7RKS7sy7uY3T+wXBH0+W7p2MyTZk9JP5V+2gDf/t/FPDHnLcKpMyf+ 1pSABJ0yYnupgLFhWuS/0QAFufO91mwSfmDe4UCZn3/+zx7/tVnCP9K0ZHQ9SxQLSZRm Tl4w== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.138.112 with SMTP id qp16mr25017vdb.40.1395498715591; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 07:31:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.58.155.164 with HTTP; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 07:31:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <532C8871.9000404@allanjude.com> References: <3B0F582294DE3E448963BA62DC306AEE31B45D4F8B@exchange.mands.hu> <532C8871.9000404@allanjude.com> Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 15:31:55 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: dual-booting windows 7 and freebsd 10 from gpt partition SSD From: "Ranjan1018 ." <214748mv@gmail.com> To: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=26S_=2D_Krasznai_Andr=E1s?= X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 14:31:56 -0000 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=3D12&t=3D44015 Maurizio 2014-03-21 19:44 GMT+01:00 Allan Jude : > On 2014-03-21 03:47, M&S - Krasznai Andr=E1s 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 sw= ap > 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 Andr=E1s > > rendszerm=E9rn=F6k > > M&S Informatikai Zrt. > > 1136 Budapest, Pann=F3nia 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 > >