From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 28 22:36:54 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 D155A16A418 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:36:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from a.j.werven@student.utwente.nl) Received: from filter2-tmobile.zx.nl (filter2-tmobile.zx.nl [194.187.76.139]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93A3A13C447 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:36:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from a.j.werven@student.utwente.nl) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filter2-tmobile.zx.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BB641C7307; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:36:51 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at zx.nl Received: from filter2-tmobile.zx.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (filter2.zx.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10127) with ESMTP id I3MsX5mePdWo; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:36:42 +0100 (CET) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (unknown [91.141.175.153]) by filter2-tmobile.zx.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:36:42 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <479E5903.100@student.utwente.nl> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:36:51 +0000 From: "Alphons \"Fonz\" van Werven" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Siraj Shaikh References: <3b2ddd940801281410o77b87c2ajbfbee2f5f276b934@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3b2ddd940801281410o77b87c2ajbfbee2f5f276b934@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed 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 Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:36:54 -0000 Siraj Shaikh wrote: > How do I go about installing FreeBSD (6.3) on it now? Anyone has done > this already please? I had the exact same problem just a few days ago and two solutions were quickly posted here: 1: http://www.clearchain.com/wiki/FreeBSD_%26_Windows_Vista 2: When installing FreeBSD and you are asked what boot manager to install select to not install anything. In this way your Vista boot will not be affected. If after this you find that at startup you are not given ANY choice but FreeBSD starts automatically, this is simply because it's partition is marked active. Boot with a CD like Norton Partition Magic or GParted and mark the Vista partition active. Boot Vista, then download and install the EasyBCD from http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1 It is then trivial to add a stanza to Vista bootloader (!) to boot FreeBSD. Hth, Alphons -- VISTA - Viruses Intruders Spyware Trojans Adware