Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 22:27:35 +0100 From: "Daniel A." <ldrada@gmail.com> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Fwd: Urgent FreeBSD Boot question! Message-ID: <5ceb5d550603201327j200df6d2j98d4905ad461241d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5ceb5d550603201327y52c4ee93o6f38fb38db098556@mail.gmail.com> References: <441F1CB1.3000807@zebra.net> <5ceb5d550603201327y52c4ee93o6f38fb38db098556@mail.gmail.com>
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On 3/20/06, Benjamin Sher <delphi123@zebra.net> wrote: > Dear friends: > > I decided to go out and buy the latest issue of Linux Format with the > FreeBSD 6 CD. I am very glad I did. FreeBSD is tough to install, but > after spending several hours I finally succeeded in doing a perfect > installation. ONE BIG PROBLEM: When I removed the CD and rebooted, I got > into my Windows XP (I have two separate disks, one for Windows, one of > FreeBSD). There was no way to get into FreeBSD. Naturally, I went into > my BIOS and changed the boot sequence from CD to Hard Drive. That only > caused my system to boot into Windows XP. > > I read the instructions about the FreeBSD Boot Manager. It said clearly > that it should allow switching from one OS to another. But I did not see > any configuration for that. How, may I ask, do I do this while > installing FreeBSD? How do I change this configuration to guarantee that > all my work won't go down the toilet and that when I reboot, I will see > Lilo or whatever as a boot manager that will allow me to select either > FreeBSD or Windows? > > I am looking forward to solving this and then to actually seeing FreeBSD > for the first time. > > Thank you so much in advance. > > Benjamin > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > In your BIOS, make changes so that the system boots from HDD1 instead of HD= D0
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