From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 27 01:40:27 2004 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 38DA416A4CE for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 01:40:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.praemunio.com (mail.praemunio.com [66.179.47.216]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 903B543D48 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 01:40:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from frank@knobbe.us) Received: from localhost (HELO mail.knobbe.us) by localhost with SMTP; 26 Jul 2004 20:40:25 -0500 Received: from localhost (HELO ??) by localhost with SMTP; 26 Jul 2004 20:40:24 -0500 From: Frank Knobbe To: Fractal In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-cr9INJuPMeXwJK3wdZno" Message-Id: <1090892423.553.129.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:40:23 -0500 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and WinNT 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: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 01:40:27 -0000 --=-cr9INJuPMeXwJK3wdZno Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2004-07-19 at 09:27, Fractal wrote: > I have a FreeBSD 4.8 and I need to install on the same machine > WindowsNT-like operating system. I tried to do this and installed it. > But after recovering of BSD bootstrap loader using sysinstall I found > that I cannot load Windows. Namely, there was two question signs > ('??') in the second string of BSD loader menu (the first was > 'FreeBSD') and after selecting it by F3 my computer rebooted. Windows > should run on NTFS partition, not FAT. Can I do something and if yes, > what? I'm one of those guys that prefers to boot into the Windows boot manager. From there I can start Win2000 (used solely for games these days) and FreeBSD.=20 So if you were to install BSD first, then Windows, and not recover your bootsector, you would boot into Windows like I do. My boot.ini looks like this: [boot loader] timeout=3D10 default=3Dc:\bootsect.bsd [operating systems] c:\bootsect.bsd=3D" FreeBSD " multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT=3D" Windows 2000 Professional Native Mode " /fastdetect bootsect.bsd is nothing else than a copy of /boot/boot1 from BSD. So from the Windows boot menu, I choose FreeBSD (or wait) and it boots BSD. Cheers, Frank --=-cr9INJuPMeXwJK3wdZno Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBBbKGJjGc5ftAw8wRAsGJAKDBFIY6QAJ7x2erzZKy6RpASWEm1ACfVqjQ EWJprWxpeUAmbtzOFp++5WM= =UfvA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-cr9INJuPMeXwJK3wdZno--