From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 28 14:22:59 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27A811065679 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:22:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5B398FC14 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:22:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id n9SELUHp014647; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:21:30 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id n9SELUek014646; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:21:30 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:21:30 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" Message-ID: <20091028142130.GC13002@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <4AE7A843.4060300@gmail.com> <4AE7A97B.6020700@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4AE7A97B.6020700@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" , "Jack L." Subject: Re: win 7 dual boot 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, 28 Oct 2009 14:22:59 -0000 On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:16:27PM -0400, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > Jack L. wrote: > >I was able to dual boot win7 and freebsd 8 without any problem, just > >installed windows first and installed freebsd with the freebsd boot > >manager and it said F1 windows and the rest are FreeBSD > > > > I am attempting to avoid having to reinstall the fb side of things ;-) Sure. Then, probably doing as you said - install the Win7 and let it do its thing and then reinstall the FreeBSD MBR. You should probably be able to use the "Fixit" CD boot for that. I don't know EasyBCD, but if it worked before, it will probably work with this too. I don't think anything much has changed in that area. ////jerry > >On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Aryeh M. Friedman > > wrote: > > > >>I am about to go out and buy windows 7 to replace my vista partition... > >>when > >>I installed vista I had to do some boot manager tricks (both before and > >>after install)... namely I had to allow windows to nuke my mbr then use > >>EasyBCD to remake it in such a way that vista would still find it's > >>"magic" > >>bytes in the mbr... does anyone know if win 7 has any similar issues > >>and/or > >>any other weirdness in reguards to dual booting? > >> > >>Completely side question I use sysutils/fusefs-ntfs to mount my vista > >>partition do I need to change anything in my /etc/rc.d/* hierachy and/or > >>/etc/fstab after installing win 7 (I use a direct call to ntfs-3g instead > >>of via the mount patch [which doesn't work on 8.0-XXX it seems {I am on > >>RC2 > >>right now}]? > >>_______________________________________________ > >>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" > >> > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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"