Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 12:55:11 +0100 From: Matt Heath <matt@thebigchoice.com> To: yussef <yussef@claygirl.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting into windows changes active partition on dualboot system Message-ID: <3ED3521F.2070803@thebigchoice.com> In-Reply-To: <E19KEeT-0002OP-SU@samba.cox.net> References: <E19KEeT-0002OP-SU@samba.cox.net>
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btmgr.sourceforge.net yussef wrote: >I have a dualboot system with freebsd 4.8 installed on the primary >slice, and win2k installed on the secondary slice. The OS' were >installed in this order. Ive installed many fbsd/win2k dualboot systems >before [usually with windows as the primary slice, and bsd and the >secondary], always using the fbsd boot manager, and never having any >problems going between os's. >However, on this system, as long as i boot >into bsd all is fine. But when i boot into windows, the windows slice >becomes the active slice, thus when i reboot, i cant access either >slice. i have to boot off a fbsd cd, then rewrite the bootmanager >[resetting the bsd slice to be the bootable slice]. The other option i >have is to manually set the bsd partition as active, while still in bsd, >then rebooting works fine. I've never seen this problem before, and tho >i accept it as a sign from the unix gods as which os i should use ;) i >would still like eliminate this issue. >thank you > >yussef > > >
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