From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 14 03:14:48 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-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 76BDB16A400 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:14:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from mxout-03.mxes.net (mxout-03.mxes.net [216.86.168.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5167413C441 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:14:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com (unknown [87.81.140.128]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D5715190F for ; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:14:46 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:14:41 +0000 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070214031441.506a007e@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <1223.192.168.1.2.1171421512.squirrel@mail.totaldiver.net> References: <1159.192.168.1.2.1171417443.squirrel@mail.totaldiver.net> <20070214022752.462a549d@gumby.homeunix.com> <1223.192.168.1.2.1171421512.squirrel@mail.totaldiver.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.7.2 (GTK+ 2.10.9; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Dual boot problems (RESOLVED) 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 03:14:48 -0000 On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:51:52 -0500 (EST) "Questions" wrote: > > On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:44:03 -0500 (EST) > > "Questions" wrote: > > > > > >> 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. > >> > > > > I'm not sure why gag is i386 only, all it does is install a binary > > floppy disk ISO. You can also install it from many Linux live CDs. > > Once it's installed it's independent of the original installation > > medium. _______________________________________________ > > 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:4,45d274028483574158760! > > > > > > > > > To help anyone out who is also attempting to dualboot FreeBSD/amd64 > and Vista: here is what I did. > > Install Vista first. Use the disk manager to create a partition (or > resize the partition) to make room for FreeBSD. > > reboot, and install FreeBSD, installing a standard MBR (the machine > will reboot directly into FreeBSD) > > After back into a fresh FreeBSD, do: > sysinstall > Configure > Distributions > lib32 (this installs 32bit > compatibility libraries. > > Now fetch > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.2-release/Latest/grub.tbz > (yes, the i386 package) > > pkg_add grub.tgz > > It will now work in compatibility mode, and you can use it same as > you can with a native FreeBSD/i386. FWIW gag will work without any of that, and will carry on working if you replace the FreeBSD partition.