From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 26 8: 9:48 2002 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 0D08537B400 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 08:09:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from flamingo.mail.pas.earthlink.net (flamingo.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.232]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6F8343E42 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 08:09:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from richardh@wsonline.net) Received: from user-119a7q7.biz.mindspring.com ([66.149.31.71] helo=athlon.wsonline.net) by flamingo.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17jLUT-0007mn-00; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 08:09:17 -0700 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20020826084200.00af1ec0@mail.richardh.wsonline.net> X-Sender: richardh@mail.richardh.wsonline.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 09:12:16 -0600 To: Roman Neuhauser , Raymond Law From: RichardH Subject: Re: Windows 2000 and FreeBSD co-exist? Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, rlaw@vt.edu In-Reply-To: <20020826142926.GY21595@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> References: <3D6C745D@zathras> <3D6C745D@zathras> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Might be a NTFS issue with the boot manager, there is a way to use the NT/2000 bootloader (see below). I had FBSD, Slackware, and Win2k all booting but had to use FAT for Win. Some info on using the NT bootloader to boot both is at http://www.irost.org/FAQ/FREEBSD/FAQ/FAQ101.htm (just adjust for multiple disks instead of same disk). Here are some other links that may help: http://geodsoft.com/howto/dualboot/ Issue here about a problem with the 1024 bios limit messing up the boot - http://pub14.ezboard.com/fnutzboardfrm17.showMessage?topicID=68.topic Good Luck Richard H At 08:29 AM 8/26/2002, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 10:16:34 -0400 > > From: Raymond Law > > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Cc: rlaw@vt.edu > > Subject: Windows 2000 and FreeBSD co-exist? > > > > Can I install Windows 2000 first and then FreeBSD? Will it work? > > they say so. :) (seriously: of course) > > > I have two hard drives and put Windows 2000 in the first drive and > > FreeBSD in the second drive. Windows 2000 is installed using NTFS. > > > > After installing FreeBSD, the boot manager says: > > > > F1 ?? > > F5 Drive 1 > > > > Pressing F5 goes to: > > > > F1 FreeBSD > > F5 Drive 0 > > that's how it goes AFAICT > > > FreeBSD was installed successfully and I can log in to FreeBSD without > > any problems. > > good. > > > BTW, is there any documentation on how to use the new X configure tool > > in sysinstall? > > no idea. i've always configured X by hand. > > > However, I encountered an error when logging into Windows 2000. I > > typed in my user name and password and then saw a popup dialog saying > > there is an error in virtual memory table or something (don't remember > > the exact message). And then it goes back to the logging screen. I > > can't get to the desktop at all. What is wrong here? Can I recover > > Windows 2000 on the first drive or do I have to re-install it? > > i can't imagine how this could be caused by the FreeBSD install. > >-- >FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE >4:27PM up 5 days, 22:20, 15 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.05, 0.05 > >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