From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 20 21:53:58 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-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 AF58B16A41F for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 21:53:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (dsl081-142-072.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.142.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63CCB43D46 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 21:53:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p17.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.13.5/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k2KLrdHx041788; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:53:39 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20060320155231.027d8c70@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:53:32 -0600 To: Benjamin Sher , "Daniel A." , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <441F21CD.1020906@zebra.net> References: <441F1CB1.3000807@zebra.net> <5ceb5d550603201327y52c4ee93o6f38fb38db098556@mail.gmail.com> <441F21CD.1020906@zebra.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: 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 21:53:58 -0000 Look in the tools folder on the FreeBSD CD for booteasy. You can load booteasy onto both hard disks from a command window under XP. -Derek At 03:42 PM 3/20/2006, Benjamin Sher wrote: >Dear Daniel: > >I have an old but very reliable Dell Dimension 8200 that's 6 years old. It >does not have a boot option for both of my separate hard disks. The only >BOOT options are: floppy, CD or hard drive. That's why I need the boot >manager solution. > >Thank you. > >Daniel A. wrote: >>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.org" >>> >>> >>In your BIOS, make changes so that the system boots from HDD1 instead of HDD0 >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"