Date: 02 Jul 2003 10:17:46 -0700 From: Scott Reese <sreese@codysbooks.com> To: Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.1-RELEASE & Windows XP dual-boot issues Message-ID: <1057166266.8068.5.camel@borges> In-Reply-To: <oprrnv62t80cf2rk@fastmail.fm> References: <1056997197.39385.25.camel@borges> <1057012562.694.20.camel@borges><oprrlym2pw0cf2rk@fastmail.fm> <1057083140.4955.10.camel@borges> <oprrnv62t80cf2rk@fastmail.fm>
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On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 19:36, Jud wrote: [snip] > > I have two physical drives (ad0, ad1). XP is on ad0 (the first drive) > > and FreeBSD is on ad1 (the second drive). I have been using booteasy on > > the *first* drive with a regular mbr on the second and that worked just > > fine until I did a fresh install of 5.1. What I'm trying to get at is > > how best to re-install windows (or work around the 'NTLDR is missing' > > message) *without* then rendering my FreeBSD install unbootable because > > we all know that Windows overwrites the mbr by default because it thinks > > it's supreme ruler of the universe. > > Short of reinstalling the entire Win OS, you can save time and trouble by > booting from your XP CD and electing to repair your XP installation, either > automatically or from the console by using the 'fixmbr' and 'fixboot' > commands. Or if you happen to have a Win98 rescue floppy hanging around, > you can boot off that and do 'fdisk /mbr'. After weighing all the options, I decided to go ahead and install Win 2k from scratch. XP wasn't terribly happy on this machine anyway (XP being something of a hog) and I don't really need Windows for all that much. > [snip] > >> You may want to have a look at GAG, which is freeware, open source, > >> graphical, and rather automagic. Worked "out of the box" on my setup, > >> which involves dual booting Win2K and FreeBSD from a RAID0 array. > > > > Thanks, I will take a look at it. > > Let us know how things turn out. GAG is a winner! It was easy to install and is easy to use. It worked like a charm. Thanks! -Scott
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