From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 14 02:37:32 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: 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 E405116A409 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 02:37:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from questions@totaldiver.net) Received: from mail.totaldiver.net (fl-209-26-20-205.sta.embarqhsd.net [209.26.20.205]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5360013C4A3 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 02:37:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from questions@totaldiver.net) Received: from mail.totaldiver.net (fl-209-26-20-205.sta.embarqhsd.net [209.26.20.205]) by mail.totaldiver.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BACCB84D; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:37:29 -0500 (EST) Received: from 192.168.1.2 (SquirrelMail authenticated user questions@totaldiver.net) by mail.totaldiver.net with HTTP; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:37:31 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <1214.192.168.1.2.1171420651.squirrel@mail.totaldiver.net> In-Reply-To: <57d710000702131808k251b3309y6010322c7b8a5d30@mail.gmail.com> References: <1159.192.168.1.2.1171417443.squirrel@mail.totaldiver.net> <57d710000702131808k251b3309y6010322c7b8a5d30@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:37:31 -0500 (EST) From: "Questions" To: "pete wright" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual boot problems 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: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 02:37:33 -0000 > On 2/13/07, Questions wrote: >> Hello, >> >> >> This weekend I purchased a laptop with a core2duo processor. The laptop >> came with windows Vista premier. Due to some applications that I >> require, >> removing Vista and installing FreeBSD is not an issue. (Please leave the >> Vista/Microsoft flames at the door) >> >> When I install FreeBSD/i386, I can then install grub (instead of >> FreeBSD's bootloader) and I can have grub "chainload" the Vista >> bootloader. All works fine. >> >> However, when I try FreeBSD/amd64, grub won't compile (it's >> architecture >> is forced to i386 only in the Makefile. I haven't dug into why, but I'm >> confident there is a reason. Obviously, grub becomes a non-option. Gag >> has the same limitation of being i386 only. >> > > to make sure i understand this correctly, you can install FreeBSD > (assuming 6.1-RELEASE)/amd64 on your system but am having problems > compiling grub in this environment from the ports tree? > > it looks like grub may only build correctly on i386 systems, but you > may be able to define your cpu as a 32bit arch in /etc/make.conf while > trying to build grub to see if that works. i've never had to do this > though, but it's worth a shot. > > -pete > > > -- > ~~o0OO0o~~ > Pete Wright > www.nycbug.org > NYC's *BSD User Group > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > !DSPAM:4,45d26f9c8487852311823! > > > Thanks for the fast reply, Pete. It's actually 6.2-RELEASE/amd64, and I have tried compiling grub with the pentium3, and pentium4 CPUTYPE's in /etc/make.conf, to no avail. Sadly, it seems as though vista has code in the MBR now, that seems to be part of the bitlocker stuff. FreeBSD's standard bootloader interferes with it, causing Vista to give a error message about files being corrupted. Maybe there is a "simple" (to the MBR guru types) that could be implemented into the fbsd bootloader. -Jeff Palmer