From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 14 03:46:20 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 85FE216A408 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:46:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout3.cac.washington.edu (mxout3.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.166]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62EA113C48E for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:46:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.7] (may be forged)) by mxout3.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id l1E3kJJ2014490 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:46:20 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.41] (c-67-187-172-183.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.187.172.183]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id l1E3kJGA003285 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:46:19 -0800 Message-ID: <45D2860A.3060704@u.washington.edu> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:46:18 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070122) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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> <20070214031441.506a007e@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20070214031441.506a007e@gumby.homeunix.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.0.289146, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2007.2.13.192934 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' 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 03:46:20 -0000 RW wrote: > 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. Probably because architecture stuff and bit length in 32-bit is half :)? Instruction set's a bit different too. There are some new features in the new Intel processors like overflow protection, etc, so I wouldn't doubt there are differences in ISA at the assembler level. >>> !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. Yeah, but grub provides more power in choosing your load options though. Besides, gag has an ugly bootloader screen >_>.. I only use gag when I'm not afforded a choice with FreeBSD's bootloader and then grub. -Garrett