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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 18:24:50 +0200 (CEST)
From: "Peter Ulrich (Uli) Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de>
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To: "Andy [Tecc Nops]" <andy@tecc.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: dual boot pain
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On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Andy [Tecc Nops] wrote:

> Hi all
>
> OK, trying to get a machine to dual boot
> FreeBSD 4.3 and W2K. I have two IDE drives.
> The pri drive has W2k loaded and the sec drive
> is fBSD. I've tried everything to get this
> machine to dual boot. Install fbsd then w2k,
> then w2k/fbsd, diff partitions, diff drives
> with no success. I've frantically searched
> lists/web docs but nothing seems to work.
What does "nothing seems to work" mean?
What happens? 	- Your screen stays black
		- Your BIOS produces little sounds
		- Windows is booted immediately, no question for BSD

Uli.


>
> Here's my current boot.ini fyi.....
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=30
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
> Professional" /fastdetect
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)="FreeBSD Unix"
> C:\boot0 = "FreeBSD 4.2 0"
> C:\boot1 = "FreeBSD 4.2 1"
> C:\boot2 = "FreeBSD 4.2 2"
>
> I copied the bootX files from the CDROM #2 disk
> from /boot to c:\
>
> Also, if I tell bios to boot C,A,SCSI then W2k
> loads (with the boot options from boot.ini above
> but none of the specified fbsd options work,
> machine just says either "boot error" or
> "PRESS ANY KEY TO REBOOT". However, if I
> tell bios to boot D,A,SCSI the fbsd boots
> normally. In a sane world I would be happy
> with this solution however the W2k is for use
> by "none" *nix people so I'd much rather the
> boot loader system works.
>
> Anyone any ideas?
>
> Ak
>
>
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