Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:27:47 -0500 From: "Cecil" <ceco108@gimail.af.mil> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: dual boot freebsd and win2k Message-ID: <bb68c1888e494e2989c073a3b7d2970f.ceco108@gimail.af.mil>
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I got it and this is what I did, I am dense at times, I installed
FreeBSD= =20 on the first partition with a second dos partition, I
installed Win2K on the= =20 second partition ---> rebooted with
FreeBSD install disk ---> Custom=20 install---->partition
harddrive----> (it gets fun here) set the FreeBSD= =20 partition as
Active ----> hit the 'W' key to force write the MBR --->=20 rebooted
and now I have a choice of F1-- FreeBSD or F2 --DOS ---- Thank you
all= =20 for your help=2E=2E I apologize for not putting a subject on
my last post and will= =20 do better the next time=2E
=20
Ian Smith = =20
2/17/07 1:11:01 AM
ceco108@gimail=2Eaf=2Emil
freebsd-mobile@freebsd=2Eorg
Re: (no=20 subject)
>I've always had success putting a DOS 'partition' as the first=20
slice
>(ad0s1)=2E In the old days (FreeBSD 2 & 3) this helped establish= =20
the
>drive geometry for FreeBSD, and while this is no longer relevant,=
=20 it
>assures that any version of DOS/win will see itself as on 'drive=20
C:'
>
>I've not used w2k (yet, but suspect I'll have to soon to=20 upgrade
my
>Thinkpad T23's BIOS), but have installed various DOS versions= =20
and Win98
>in the first slice of several boxes without problems=2E Since (I= =20
gather)
>you still have the freedom to experiment, I suggest trying=20 that=2E
>
>You're probably lucky if w2k will use fat32 rather than= =20 NTFS, in
terms
>of being able to access it read/write from FreeBSD=2E=20 Another
option is
>using a DOS 'extended' partition as say slice 2,=20 formatted fat32,
for
>common access from win and FreeBSD (and/or Linux =2E=2E)= =20
>
> Thanks for all the=20 comments but I must not be doing something
right!
> Here's outline of the install process=2E
> 1=2E Partition a single 40GB harddrive using FDISK and make the
FreeBSD
> partition Active
> 2=2E Set the second partition as DOS fat ->> install Win2K in
the Dos
> partition ->> then doing the install I think it formats the DOS
> partition to fat32 and overwrites the MBR for FreeBSD
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