From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 28 22:15:07 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3187816A41B for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:15:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF68D13C467 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:15:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u52so2647175pyb.10 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:15:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=RRxzgEMMsYTYXMeA+KO9OYpR+L6fAT2+75KwIjhY+EY=; b=WFS5Gd2DMX1WwtyoODYTb9i6ryZwjeg2CQWQzX1H3qFZopXg5zyxre/TlvUWWTz8E0RG+n2h0PdlyExmhaWva1lBxyER04jOEnVwy/6kl4slPfRcnVTUxX1kDGHJlrW4p0NJPyKe3u5ulVDDXCounkVE57COG5qdGj8JwLX0RkI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=imuDIiq9nW/CVVWuTMMidszQGxG+4SnkEID06g9wvfYRHlUrkKESIgi6xjy2LkxJqRhOL/t80A3Dqiz/plyjMLGHGF8ZfQo9OjWRL9jc2WroBwgits4T+pN5BX2TwklRqIA+xii2EVaSmkcpnvl7yOKRaF3OOicMadQ1RtxwZ0U= Received: by 10.65.139.9 with SMTP id r9mr12616859qbn.32.1201558503635; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:15:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from flosoft.no-ip.biz ( [67.85.89.184]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e13sm5190186qba.37.2008.01.28.14.15.02 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:15:03 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <479E53E5.50401@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:15:01 -0500 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20080121) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Siraj Shaikh References: <3b2ddd940801281410o77b87c2ajbfbee2f5f276b934@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3b2ddd940801281410o77b87c2ajbfbee2f5f276b934@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Vista / FreeBSD 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: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:15:07 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Siraj Shaikh wrote: > I have got a machine which came with Vista pre-installed. Now I > would like to install FreeBSD on it, and so that I can dual boot > between the two. > > The machine did come with a rescue CD which has an image of Vista > on it. I tried installing FreeBSD (Vista was already installed), > but then got a problem with the boot loader I think. I could boot > to FreeBSD fine, but couldnt to Vista. So I have reimaged the > machine with Vista now. > > How do I go about installing FreeBSD (6.3) on it now? Anyone has > done this already please? Here is the procedure I used: 1. With fdisk write down the exact parameters of your FreeBSD and vista parition s(start/end/size) 2. Nuke all your partitions (vista insists on it) 3. Install vista (set the size equal to your vista partion [note it *MUST* be the first partition on the first boot device]) 4. Download and install ezbcd on vista 5. Use the rescue CD to create the freebsd partition again 6. Reboot in vista and use ezbcd to create the correct boot records. - -- Aryeh M. Friedman FloSoft Systems, Java Tool Developers Developer, not business, friendly http://www.flosoft-systems.com "Free software != Free beer" Blog: http://www.flosoft-systems.com/flosoft_systems_community/blogs/aryeh/index.php -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHnlPlQi2hk2LEXBARArPfAJ4/Vo4KoGEc5hA4J4y9kwyI9XPXFwCfRUew mwURyDfHyCQNh1jfyXPROJU= =vGRH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----