Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 12:31:06 -0600 From: "Joe Gwozdecki" <joegw@hal-pc.org> To: "Jud" <judmarc@fastmail.fm>, "Cliff Sarginson" <cls@raggedclown.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Dual booting FreeBSD 4.7 and Windows XP Message-ID: <027701c2a531$4d1b23c0$0300000a@lyon> References: <003001c2a503$fc39b340$1a00a8c0@HOME> <20021216151817.GA599@raggedclown.net> <20021216174520.67C1E3AE3@server2.fastmail.fm>
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Instead of going through a lot of quirky Windows headaches and fixes, you can get a second computer and divide the OSs on them. Second hand computers with monitors go for $150, complete. If you have been in computers for a while, you probably have a lot of old cards, etc. just lying around. You will save yourself a lot of time. That is probably worth more than the $150, right there. Joe Gwozdecki Houston, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jud" <judmarc@fastmail.fm> To: "Cliff Sarginson" <cls@raggedclown.net>; <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 11:45 AM Subject: Re: Dual booting FreeBSD 4.7 and Windows XP > On Mon, 16 Dec 2002 16:18:17 +0100, "Cliff Sarginson" > <cls@raggedclown.net> said: > > On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 05:06:44AM -0800, Mike McGranahan wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I would like to know what is the best way to dual boot FreeBSD 4.7 and > > > Windows XP? I found this information ( > > > http://www.geocrawler.com/mail/msg.php3?msg_id=7963936&list=151 ) regarding > > > how to use the Windows XP loader, and this information on GRUB ( > > > http://www.gnu.org/manual/grub/html_node/Booting.html#Booting ) though there > > > is no mention of Windows XP. > > > > > Grub works fine with FreeBSD and Windows XP. One of my machines does this > > very thing. I recommend Grub for it's ease of use, although you have to > > get it very clear in your mind how it defines disk names. > > Adter that it is a doddle, and even if you make a mistake you can > > dynamically edit the boot configuration :)..i.e. edit the boot entries > > while you are in the boot meny itself. > > > > Generally speaking Msoft has no respect for the existance of other OS'es > > so it should be installed first, otherwise it may zap your MBR created > > by Grub. > > > > Remember that Windows only really likes to be booted off of the first > > hard disk, but there is a little trick with Grub (and I gues with my > > most bootloaders) that fools it into thinking that even if it is on the > > second disk it is told it is on the first. This is explained in the > > manual for grub. The latter is in the appalling GNU Info format, so you > > might find it easier to convert it to html, there is a port to do this. > > The manual is also available in HTML format online at > http://www.gnu.org/manual/grub-0.92/grub.html . > > [snip] > > > Are there any online documents that address this, or would be insightful? > > > > > The Grub manual is not very good...unfortunately. I don't know if there > > is an HOWTO anywhere. > > > > I can send you some example menu entries from my own setup if you wish. > > To re-iterate you must understand not only the syntax of grub disk > > definitions, but also how it numbers them. The rest is a doddle. > > I actually think the manual is pretty good (maybe it's just having tried > to get around it using the 'gnu info' format, Cliff?:). Be very sure to > read through it and to understand the installation and configuration > sections *thoroughly*. The consequence of screwing up could be an > unbootable machine, not unrecoverable but distressing. The boot menu > examples are also very helpful. > > Other perhaps more automagic alternatives: (1) Install the FreeBSD > bootloader. Works fine, but your XP will show up in the boot menu as > "???". (2) Use the XP bootloader. There's an FAQ about this at the > FreeBSD web site (I think it's called the NT bootloader in the FAQ), > which may be identical to what you found at Geocrawler. > > Jud > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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