Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 11:09:55 +0100 From: Jared Earle <jearle@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dual booting with Windows XP Message-ID: <5bbc0cd6050303020977bbf94e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4226953C.7080107@gennux.ca> References: <4226953C.7080107@gennux.ca>
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On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 21:40:28 -0700, Didier Caamano <nemesisdivina@gennux.ca> wrote: > Hello everyone: > > This might sound rather foolish, but I need some assistance on how to > dual boot FBSD 5.3 with WinXP. > > I have to Hard Drives, Windows is in the first drive, and I want to > install FBSD on the second. No in the installation process I choose to > create the partitions to the second Hard Drive, then it ask me if I want > to install the boot manager, to which I answer yes, then it ask me where > to install it, and I choose to the First Hard drive, is that ok? well, > what happens is that after I choose the installer send me to disklabel > to slice the Hard drive, but it show the First hard drive. > > am I making any sense at all? I thought that installing the boot manager > was going to be a straigh forward process, is there anything wrong with > what I am experiencing? Any help will be appreciated. If you want Windows on the first drive, then I recommend letting the Windows boot manager handle it. The handbook page on it is here, but it seems to be missing the fact that you can find the boot file (/boot/boot1) on the install CD. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#NT-BOOTLOADER Here's my tiny howto for fedora with a freebsd addendum: http://www.ramblingwaffles.net/DualBoot -- Jared Earle :: http://www.23x.net jearle@gmail.com :: There is no SPORK
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