Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 08:54:51 -0800 From: gabriel <normal1.lists@gmail.com> To: "Brian M. Kincaid" <bmk0@pacbell.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dual booting w/ two disks Message-ID: <efb8582050124085476bf1266@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <41F52795.404@pacbell.net> References: <41F52638.3030509@pacbell.net> <efb85820501240848729399b1@mail.gmail.com> <41F52795.404@pacbell.net>
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hmm.. I guess I can just change the jumper settings on the disks to swap 'em out? *sigh* What do you suggest? On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 08:51:33 -0800, Brian M. Kincaid <bmk0@pacbell.net> wrote: > Yup, Windows needs to be the first disk. > > > gabriel wrote: > > In my case, freebsd is on the master and windows is on the slave, you > > mean that it should be the other way around? > > > > > > On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 08:45:44 -0800, Brian M. Kincaid <bmk0@pacbell.net> wrote: > > > >>I have been running a dual boot system with Windows and FreeBSD on > >>separate disks for several years. I use just the basic FreeBSD MBR boot > >>program, installed using the procedure described in the Handbook. > >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot-blocks.html > >> > >>Windows XP needs to be on the first disk (Disk 0) and you can put > >>FreeBSD on the other disk. Windows installation will clobber the FreeBSD > >>boot block, so you need to write over it with the Handbook procedure. > >> > >>Brian > >> > > > > > > > > -- gabriel, Member of: FreeBSD-Announce FreeBSD-Hardware FreeBSD-Multimedia FreeBSD-questions
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