From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 31 09:42:16 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D734216A400 for ; Thu, 31 May 2007 09:42:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-hackers@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E49513C44B for ; Thu, 31 May 2007 09:42:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-hackers@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1HthAc-0000G1-1U for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Thu, 31 May 2007 11:42:14 +0200 Received: from lara.cc.fer.hr ([161.53.72.113]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 31 May 2007 11:42:14 +0200 Received: from ivoras by lara.cc.fer.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 31 May 2007 11:42:14 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 11:42:04 +0200 Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <200705311339.37683.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig85B7E32AF56088F97A66CA27" X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: lara.cc.fer.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20060911) In-Reply-To: <200705311339.37683.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.2.0 Sender: news Subject: Re: boot0 vs XP X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 09:42:16 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig85B7E32AF56088F97A66CA27 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. --------------enig85B7E32AF56088F97A66CA27 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGXphsldnAQVacBcgRAuqGAJ9Zs1YEwoiTu3anWyN2LSi3MgeBCwCgrjgD mnu1JULmiQJOhO9nvfbc8n8= =nrJX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig85B7E32AF56088F97A66CA27--