Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 15:38:08 -0600 From: Henrik Hudson <lists@rhavenn.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PROBLEM WITH WIN98+FREEBSD Message-ID: <200111112153.fABLrkAK012741@smaug.rhavenn.net> In-Reply-To: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOCEFJCGAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> References: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOCEFJCGAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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Just to state...in ALL my FreeBSD installs I have never had it "trash" the partition table, unless of course I told it too, be it on purpose or accident :) Windows has of course killed the MBR on me which is why you ALWAYS install Windows first if you want to dual/tri/quad boot. On Sunday 11 November 2001 08:54, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: > Sergey I just finished doing the same thing as you. > > 1. First and most important. Backup up your Win98 system to another hard > drive and remove it from the PC for safe keeping. FreeBDS will most likely > trash the hard drive you are installing it on, so keep the backup hard > drive safe so you can restore it back on to the PC after FBSD in > installed. 2. Using msdos fdisk from floppy display partitions on PC hard > drive. First partition should be win98 primary c: drive. The remainder of > hard drive should be undefined. 3. During FBSD install sysinstall you will > be asked to create FBSD slice. Use the undefined area on hard drive for > FBSD. 4. The FBSD sysinstall is not very smart and will destroy your hard > drive partitions some times. Do not be upset if this happens because you > still have your Backup to recover from. I use ghost to bkup my hard drive > partitions. It works great for all Winxx systems. 5. You may have to cycle > through the FBSD sysinstall process a few times until you see how it works. > This is normal. Nobody gets it right on the first try. 6. Your best > reference is to read the FBSD install chapter in the FBSD Book located on > your FBSD install CD, or on the internet at > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Луговский Сергей > Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 8:21 AM > To: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: PROBLEM WITH WIN98+FREEBSD > > Hello for all FreeBSD designers ! > > I begin work with FreeBSD, but I fell that it's for me ! > > My meeting with FreeBSD began from nonclearn thing after installation... > The thing is - I have Win 98 installed and I tried to install FreeBSD 4.2 > as a second operation system. All thing was normal during the install > process, but after reboot I met, that menu for choosing OS between WIN98 > and FreeBSD consist of: F1: WIN 98 > F5: Drive 1 > Both this keys leads to WIN98... > > My configuration: Award BIOS for > ad0 (master): Quantum 15GB; ad1 (slave): Quantum 40GB; Boot record of both > OS's I wrote to one of the ad0's partition; FreeBSD file system I put to > second drive's partition. > This is a problem, which decision I couldn't find in all FAQ's and > Guides... > If it's possible, or/and you have some information for me - please, give > me some advice, how to be, what to do. > May be, this question is a topic for FAQ... > > Excuse me for my "mistaked" English. > > Thanks very much for your work, > Sergey > <mailto:main@bestJob.ru> > bitgbox@hotbox.ru <mailto:bitgbox@hotbox.ru> > Russian Federation -- Henrik Hudson lists@rhavenn.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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