From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 18 08:10:20 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F03D016A4CF for ; Tue, 18 May 2004 08:10:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from otter3.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9AD543D31 for ; Tue, 18 May 2004 08:10:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from centtech.com (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) by otter3.centtech.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id i4IFA0E8042303; Tue, 18 May 2004 10:10:00 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <40AA272C.7050806@centtech.com> Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 10:09:32 -0500 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (X11/20040406) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eric Parsonage References: <00c101c43ce8$a64d0080$5001a8c0@k2> In-Reply-To: <00c101c43ce8$a64d0080$5001a8c0@k2> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best way to install FBSD5.2.1 and Windows XP what proceedure to follow. X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 15:10:21 -0000 Eric Parsonage wrote: >Hi all > >I have a Toshiba Satellite A30 whic currently has WIndows XP home on it but >it is brand new so I dont mind trashing it and starting from scratch. > >I want to Dual boot with FBSD 5.2.1 and Windows XP Pro. I need to put XP >home on the machine before XP Pro upgrades it so I get all the toshiba >utilities. > >Can anybody give me any advice on what order to do everything in and what >tools to use ? > Here's what I would do: 1. install winxp home onto one partition of the drive. (leave plenty of space for your FreeBSD install) 2. do any toshiba util installs 3. upgrade to xp pro 4. install FreeBSD 5.2.1 on the other partition, making sure to use a "Boot Manager" when installing - it is an option during install, right after you select your partitions and such. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. ------------------------------------------------------------------