Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:06:13 -0500 From: Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm> To: gayn.winters@bristolsystems.com Cc: 'Benjamin Sher' <delphi123@zebra.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Urgent FreeBSD Boot question! Message-ID: <441F4375.3080302@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <01c901c64c72$433d4770$6501a8c0@workdog> References: <01c901c64c72$433d4770$6501a8c0@workdog>
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Gayn Winters wrote: >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of >> Benjamin Sher >> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 1:21 PM >> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: Urgent FreeBSD Boot question! >> >> >> 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 >> Always more than one way to skin a cat. :-) A rather easy way to do what you want without having to touch your Windows installation is to use the free GAG bootloader - <URL: http://gag.sourceforge.net/>. The installation instructions seem pretty self-explanatory to me, but if you have any questions, feel free to ask. It's what I've used for years to boot triple or quadruple OS systems, and I've never had a problem. Jud
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