From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 9 20:26:44 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04A9E6DF for ; Sat, 9 Mar 2013 20:26:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from v.velox@vvelox.net) Received: from vulpes.vvelox.net (vulpes.vvelox.net [99.69.115.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA3678CC for ; Sat, 9 Mar 2013 20:26:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vixen42.vulpes.vvelox.net (vixen42.vulpes.vvelox.net [192.168.15.2]) (Authenticated sender: kitsune) by vulpes.vvelox.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id B5E553F6A9; Sat, 9 Mar 2013 14:26:36 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2013 14:25:09 -0600 From: "Zane C. B-H." To: Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9 and Windows XP Message-ID: <20130309142509.78e62c3c@vixen42.vulpes.vvelox.net> In-Reply-To: <20130309120741.DED57767@ms5.mc.surewest.net> References: <20130309120741.DED57767@ms5.mc.surewest.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/aWqzz.51g_r1OLkdsh8NJVT"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2013 20:26:44 -0000 --Sig_/aWqzz.51g_r1OLkdsh8NJVT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 9 Mar 2013 12:07:41 -0800 (PST) wrote: > Good afternoon, FreeBSD enthusiasts. Can FreeBSD 9.1 be installed > on a computer on which Windows XP currently resides? If so, how > can this installation be done? In particular, is there a way to > install 9.1 so that it can be booted from the traditional master > boot record? It is important that, when I am done, I can still > boot to Windows XP, as I must run some applications not available > on FreeBSD. If the idea I am proposing is not feasible with > version 9.1, will it work with 8.3? Any comments are appreciated. > If this question has already been asked many times before, please > just let me know where to look to find the answer. Thanks. > Newbie502 When I did it, I shrunk the Windows partition and installed FreeBSD to the a new partition created on the free space of the drive. The multiboot version of the MBR stuff for FreeBSD should be able to handle it for you with out issue. I've not done it with 9.1, but when I did it with 6 way back when, it worked nicely. --Sig_/aWqzz.51g_r1OLkdsh8NJVT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlE7mqgACgkQqrJJy0yxYQCClACfV0dBzSFHQDTmh3Pa5kXEUP6k d5QAn0S0i6sLOnQOz0rlZq+K8Cm9r1nM =BbuE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/aWqzz.51g_r1OLkdsh8NJVT--