From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 22 09:38:18 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF92A16A41F for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 09:38:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from shchoi@gmail.com) Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D34B43D48 for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 09:38:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from shchoi@gmail.com) Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i27so239626wxd for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 02:38:17 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=d9Bc7hJ3YBn6+pgWlk8rOrhQ+EXYTZna0rKcQX7EzSSm3dWcBfe4/HHwXJrnTodsCwRBvnR7s20oTSLBgnlGINWu/EqMvu/M/EQkF/9z4+mpOkVEr1os2KKdyy1R9dpM1m1bOv5zX5cX1UihnzPEeq+ISXBgivOGJp5n2uD06kQ= Received: by 10.70.16.4 with SMTP id 4mr25525wxp; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 02:38:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.23.1 with HTTP; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 02:38:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <34b425c505082202386c9c891e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 10:38:17 +0100 From: Soo-Hyun Choi To: Garrett Cooper In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <275802A5-8727-4ACB-AFF0-DFBB364D584E@optusnet.com.au> <6A4FA539-341E-48EE-A799-1269FDE02CEC@optusnet.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Where to FreeBSD Boot Manager? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 09:38:19 -0000 Thanks to those who replied to this thread! Regards, Soo-Hyun On 8/22/05, Garrett Cooper wrote: >=20 > On Aug 21, 2005, at 6:10 PM, Jerahmy Pocott wrote: >=20 > > > > On 22/08/2005, at 12:17 AM, Soo-Hyun Choi wrote: > > > > > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'm trying to install FreeBSD on my system which has two separate HDD > >> (each has 40GB). I am already using the first drive (e.g., C drive) > >> only for Window XP and now would like to install FreeBSD on the > >> second > >> drive (e.g., D drive). > >> > >> Which drive should I install the FreeBSD Boot Manager? > >> > >> > > > > That really depends on how you want to do it.. > > > > If you want the use boot manager that comes with FreeBSD you will > > need to > > install it on the primary disk (C drive).. > > > > I don't really know much about XP, but isn't it based on NT? The NT > > system > > also has its own boot manager which you could use instead.. But XP > > might > > not have it.. >=20 > Yes, XP does have a boot manager, and I suppose I should have > listed some available options when I originally replied to the email. > Just thought that someone was making a split decision during an > install and needed quick help. > You have a few choices: > 1. FreeBSD boot manager > Pro: Can install just one boot manager out of the box > and it takes care of detecting all of the partitions > Con: If you don't like FreeBSD anymore, no more boot > manager. > 2. GRUB > Pro: Plays nicely with Linux. > Con: Still need to install FreeBSD bootloader in the > boot sector of the FreeBSD partition. > 3. NT bootloader > Pro: Stuff's managed through XP (if you like that). > Con: Still need to install FreeBSD bootloader in the > boot sector of the FreeBSD partition. > There's also LILO with a similar argument to grub, but anytime > your Windows partition changes, you have to reinstall LILO. Also, the > NTLoader option doesn't play nice with Linux upgrades if you might > use Linux in tandem with FreeBSD in the future. > Just some thoughts... > -Garrett > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >