From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 5 17:11:44 2006 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 57B5316A40F for ; Tue, 5 Dec 2006 17:11:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout5.cac.washington.edu (mxout5.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80BB043CBF for ; Tue, 5 Dec 2006 17:10:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.141] (may be forged)) by mxout5.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id kB5HBTMp006060 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 5 Dec 2006 09:11:29 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [128.208.5.99] (nilakantha.cs.washington.edu [128.208.5.99]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id kB5HBSOq031372 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 5 Dec 2006 09:11:28 -0800 Message-ID: <4575A842.9020200@u.washington.edu> Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:11:30 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows/20061025) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <5.2.0.9.2.20061205000318.00bedec0@192.168.0.30> <20061205162932.GB34126@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20061205162932.GB34126@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.2.2.285561, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2006.12.5.85432 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: Booting a Freebsd HD on a windows box? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:11:44 -0000 Jerry McAllister wrote: > Well, probably almost. That will be making a dual-boot machine. I have > several in dual boot. The only odd thing is doing it by combining two > already made disks rather than doing it from scratch. > First, you probably want the MS system to be in first disk the system recognizes. It is happier that way. > It has to be that way; whoever planned out the installation for Windows basically required that the first system disk (either EIDE or SCSI) be the Windows system disk. Unfortunately there's no way to chicken out of doing that. You can choose which partition you want the Windows installation to go on to as long as it's primary (1-4) and not extended (4-8?). -Garrett