From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 16 14:16:32 2003 Return-Path: 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 8CFB737B404 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 14:16:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5447D43F85 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 14:16:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h5GLF5cm037343 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 16 Jun 2003 22:16:27 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)h5GLF5vv037342; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 22:15:05 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 22:15:05 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Tobias Roth Message-ID: <20030616211505.GB36733@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Tobias Roth , questions@freebsd.org References: <20030616204048.GA3309@speedy.unibe.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="V0207lvV8h4k8FAm" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030616204048.GA3309@speedy.unibe.ch> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-7.5 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dualboot, first fbsd, then xp X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 21:16:32 -0000 --V0207lvV8h4k8FAm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 10:40:48PM +0200, Tobias Roth wrote: > Is it save to install WinXP after FreeBSD? My IBM recovery cd goofed > up my WinXP and I'd like to reinstall XP only and keep my existing > FreeBSD slices intact. Same goes for the MBR, of course. >=20 > And yes, I will back up my data in any case, but I'd still hate it if > I had to set up my whole system again. It's safe enough, in that the WinXP install will not gratuitously chew up your FreeBSD partitions unless you tell it to. However, it will probably overwrite the MBR, thus effectively hiding your FreeBSD installation. You can recover by booting up from your FreeBSD installation media, choosing the Fixit mode and re-installing the FreeBSD boot manager from there -- see the boot0cfg(8) man page for details. Hmmm... It's a long time since I had any dealings with a Microsoft OS, but I seem to remember that they always preferred to go in the first partition (slice, in FreeBSD parlance) on the drive. Dunno if that's still true. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --V0207lvV8h4k8FAm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+7jNZdtESqEQa7a0RAnK3AJ9JiXvLlRWyktZi06wwsxpfExElxACeOSQS eP60IKgdwedzIP1WxQDjkoE= =thTa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --V0207lvV8h4k8FAm--