Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 11:42:04 +0200 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot0 vs XP Message-ID: <f3m59d$a1j$1@sea.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <200705311339.37683.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <200705311339.37683.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> I recently reinstalled Windows XP on my laptop (I barely use it but=20
> occasionally it comes in handy :) and when I did the install it made=20
> the base drive E (no idea why, and I couldn't see how to change it).
This is a well-known problem (at least to those who deal with=20
dual-booting Windows and FreeBSD often) - if you (re)install Windows at=20
any point AFTER installing FreeBSD, it will complain. This is not=20
FreeBSD-specific: Windows really wants to mess around with its mappings=20
of drives ("C:", etc.) to primary partitions during SETUP (extended=20
partitions are mostly fine).
I don't know the solution to this - I've always had to reinstall=20
everything when that happened, but you might try writing down the=20
parameters of your FreeBSD partition, then delete it, then reinstall=20
Windows, verify that everything's working, then restore your FreeBSD=20
partition. This is, of course, extremely risky.
For me, it always works if I install Windows first, then FreeBSD later,=20
never the other way around.
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