From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Aug 26 19:51:17 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CEB53BAB94 for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2020 19:51:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from holgerdanske.com (holgerdanske.com [IPv6:2001:470:0:19b::b869:801b]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "www.holgerdanske.com", Issuer "www.holgerdanske.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BcGh42v8Tz4ZgR for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2020 19:51:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from 99.100.19.101 (99-100-19-101.lightspeed.frokca.sbcglobal.net [99.100.19.101]) by holgerdanske.com with ESMTPSA (TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:TLSv1.3:Kx=any:Au=any:Enc=AESGCM(128):Mac=AEAD) (SMTP-AUTH username dpchrist@holgerdanske.com, mechanism PLAIN) for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2020 12:51:08 -0700 Subject: Re: dual boot win10 and FreeBSD To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <9750aafa-96e4-9429-2ca9-b540fe73e729@holgerdanske.com> From: David Christensen Message-ID: <0c1a48f6-6ba4-6087-001c-e30b8487cc98@holgerdanske.com> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 12:51:07 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.10.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4BcGh42v8Tz4ZgR X-Spamd-Bar: +++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of dpchrist@holgerdanske.com has no SPF policy when checking 2001:470:0:19b::b869:801b) smtp.mailfrom=dpchrist@holgerdanske.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [3.55 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.76)[0.756]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.97)[0.969]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.93)[0.928]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[holgerdanske.com]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:6939, ipnet:2001:470::/32, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 19:51:17 -0000 On 2020-08-26 02:39, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 5:24 AM David Christensen > wrote: > >> On 8/25/20 9:27 PM, Aryeh Friedman wrote: >>> I have a working FreeBSD machine (that needs to stay working wo/ any >>> reinstalls) and want to add Windows 10 on a second SSD to the setup. >> What >>> is the safest way to set this up for dual boot (starting with installing >>> Windows). >> >> Laptop or desktop? >> > > Desktop > > >> >> BIOS or EUFI? >> > > UEFI > > >> >> Secure boot? >> > > Don't care I use 2.5" SATA SSD's for my system drives and have installed mobile racks in all of my desktops and servers. I run one disk at a time, with one operating system each. This approach eliminates dual-boot issues. I recommend that you do the same. David