From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 20 21:27:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org 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 11C9216A401 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 21:27:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ldrada@gmail.com) Received: from nproxy.gmail.com (nproxy.gmail.com [64.233.182.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E3D543D46 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 21:27:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ldrada@gmail.com) Received: by nproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id c29so894662nfb for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:27:35 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=N58p5+lMKR0/sgObzbuenHvfTV96zGxzf9F7UzERSlVd2RWFGKX3TEY+MtOesXJP7SO4Lbmwg+VNVjiHCr0ugIqlpf2CEk890asHk4eO6+RL7SHCB/GP2JDYsIX3Si3MbfKSxlHtT1FSvy9vElCn18NdCCdq28x83FsrciV11Eo= Received: by 10.49.10.11 with SMTP id n11mr3066092nfi; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:27:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.48.108.10 with HTTP; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:27:35 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5ceb5d550603201327j200df6d2j98d4905ad461241d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 22:27:35 +0100 From: "Daniel A." To: "FreeBSD Questions" In-Reply-To: <5ceb5d550603201327y52c4ee93o6f38fb38db098556@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <441F1CB1.3000807@zebra.net> <5ceb5d550603201327y52c4ee93o6f38fb38db098556@mail.gmail.com> Cc: Subject: Fwd: Urgent FreeBSD Boot question! 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, 20 Mar 2006 21:27:39 -0000 On 3/20/06, Benjamin Sher 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