Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 10:30:33 -0500 From: "Bob Schwartz" <bob@bschwartz.com> To: "'Jan Grant'" <jan.grant@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, 'Bill Moran' <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> Subject: RE: Questions on first-time installation Message-ID: <004001c7034a$dd79d1c0$0500a8c0@c1> In-Reply-To: <20061108083717.V72340@tribble.ilrt.bris.ac.uk>
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>>Be really careful. The windows boot loader should be able to boot a freebsd install for you.<, Thank you. Either one works for me as long as I get full choice. If the windows loader simply picks up bsd and offers it in addition to the two windows installs that I need, no problem. Ditto if the bsd boot manager hands me off to the windows boot manager and gives me both choices. My concern...and I was going to write the group and ask...is that bsd's manager only returns one of the windows systems. What do you think, please? >> Dell usually ship their machines with a small partition at the front of the drive (at least, they did last time I received one). That partition is at an odd offset and didn't agree with the FBSD partition editor: I found this out the hard way. Things may have changed since then; I usually nuke the dell partition anyway.<< They still do...and while I could nuke it, now that I have windows installs that I don't want to disturb, I am afraid to. If I leave them there, what, in your experience, happens? Thanks, jan.... PS off to have my bangers and mash<g> Bob Schwartz ********************************************************************* This communication, including any attachments or enclosures, may contain information that is (1) legally privileged, (2) confidential, (3) proprietary and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you may not disclose, print, copy or disseminate this information. If you have received this in error, please reply and notify the sender only and immediately delete this information beyond recovery if it has been received into a computer system and also destroy by shredding if it has been printed on paper. Unauthorized interception of this e-mail is a violation of federal criminal law. **********************************************************************
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