From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 18 04:00:34 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 43D1016A423 for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 04:00:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16EA943D55 for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 04:00:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2) with ESMTP id jBI40Q38009116; Sat, 17 Dec 2005 23:00:26 -0500 (EST) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2/Submit) id jBI40PBk009115; Sat, 17 Dec 2005 23:00:25 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200512180400.jBI40PBk009115@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: mlandman@face2interface.com (Marty Landman) Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 23:00:25 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.0.20051216214326.03bf2c18@face2interface.com> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL7] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Marty Landman , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to dual boot 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: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 04:00:34 -0000 > > At 07:39 PM 12/16/2005, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > >You need to read the documentation better. > > Or at all. :) Was hoping it would just magically guide me through it. Not > a critical box of mine of course. > > >It tells you that you should install Microsloth first and then FreeBSD. > > Did that, lost MS so reinstalled it. > > >But, FreeBSD is more sophisticated and also more friendly to the rest > >of the world and, first of all, asks if you want an MBR installed in > >the sector 0 and then if you go ahead and write FreeBSD's MBR, it will > >give you a choice of bootable slices to boot, including MS if present. > > Ok, I'll read the docs and reinstall FBSD. That's no problem, I hope. > > Here is the problem. This is my kids' computer and they insist on > installing XP. So we keep doing 30 day trials. On the bright side they've > all learned to install the OS. Sounds like I'll have problems though > keeping a FreeBSD install on there if Windows has to be reinstalled every > 30 days. Oh well, such is life in the fast lane. Have fun. ////jerry > Yuck. > > Marty >