From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 8 19:41:17 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A661F16A406 for ; Tue, 8 May 2007 19:41:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from apatewna@yahoo.gr) Received: from deliver.hol.gr (deliver.hol.gr [62.38.3.168]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F86D13C4BF for ; Tue, 8 May 2007 19:40:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from apatewna@yahoo.gr) Received: from auth-smtp.hol.gr (takeit02.mail.dc.hol.net [192.168.20.72]) by deliver.hol.gr (8.12.11/8.11.6) with ESMTP id l48JeksV019351 (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256 bits) verified OK) for ; Tue, 8 May 2007 22:40:46 +0300 Received: from [192.168.1.20] (ppp082-098.dsl.hol.gr [89.210.82.98]) (authenticated bits=0) by auth-smtp.hol.gr (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l48JdnuB009281; Tue, 8 May 2007 22:39:49 +0300 Message-ID: <4640D208.7030606@yahoo.gr> Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 22:39:52 +0300 From: Apatewna User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jerry McAllister References: <20070504210137.8154DB859@mail.totaldiver.net> <200705041909.16996.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <20070505222625.GA50661@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20070505222625.GA50661@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-7; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.90/3222/Tue May 8 18:43:01 2007 on takeit02.mail.dc.hol.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: Jonathan Horne , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyone dual booted freebsd/vista yet? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: apatewna@yahoo.gr List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 19:41:17 -0000 O/H Jerry McAllister έγραψε: > On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 07:09:16PM -0500, Jonathan Horne wrote: > >> On Friday 04 May 2007 16:01:38 Jeff Palmer wrote: >>> At 03:26 PM 5/4/2007, Jonathan Horne wrote: >>>> Has anyone successful configured a freebsd/vista dual boot, and if so, how >>>> did you get around this issue? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> -- >>>> Jonathan Horne In vista there is a command-line tool for editing the boot sector: *bcdedit* http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/08d64d13-4f45-4a05-bd86-c99211a93dd91033.mspx?mfr=true And as you might expect there is a GUI for this tool by a third-party provider: *EasyBCD* http://neosmart.net/gallery/v/neosmart/EasyBCD/1_50/ It claims to be able to allow for vista/BSD dual boot but I haven't tested yet. *Screenshot* http://neosmart.net/gallery/v/neosmart/EasyBCD/1_50/Add-Remove+Entries.png.html All I did was dual boot vista and xp with the help of this utility. RTFM and STFW before anything bad happens _________________________________________ Thanos Rizoulis Electronic Computing Systems Engineer Larissa, Greece FreeBSD/PCBSD user