Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:53:52 +0100 From: Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dualboot with Windows 7 Message-ID: <4F6764A0.9080405@eskk.nu> In-Reply-To: <4F66E5EB.5080508@herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <4F665C46.9060800@gmail.com> <20120319072852.21ae5030.freebsd@edvax.de> <4F66E052.5020406@gmail.com> <20120319084929.2d42449b.freebsd@edvax.de> <4F66E5EB.5080508@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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2012-03-19 08:53, Da Rock skrev: > On 03/19/12 17:49, Polytropon wrote: >> On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:29:22 +0100, David Demelier wrote: >>> On 19/03/2012 07:28, Polytropon wrote: >>>> On Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:05:58 +0100, David Demelier wrote: >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I try to create a dualboot with Windows 7, I set up partitions like >>>>> that : >>>>> >>>>> ada0s1 -> NTFS (windows recovery) >>>>> ada0s2 -> NTFS (windows main partition) >>>>> ada0s3 -> BSD >>>>> ada0s3a -> freebsd-swap (3G) >>>>> ada0s3b -> freebsd-ufs / (remaining space from drive) >>>> Erm... according to traditional partitioning, isn't >>>> the 'a' partition reserved for booting, 'b' for swap? >>>> I see you have installed everything into one / partition >>>> which technically is no problem and should work, but >>>> it's not on the boot partition. >>>> >>>> >>> You're right, but I made a mistake while writing, my a partition is / >>> and b is swap. >> Okay. >> >> >> >>>>> And then I let the installer complete the step, because FreeBSD didn't >>>>> let you (since 9.0) choose between the boot manager nothing was >>>>> installed and the boot directly goes to Windows 7. >>>> You need to install all the required stages for booting. >>>> If I understand the process correctly, the slice 's3' needs >>>> code to "branch" to the boot partition (which is supposed >>>> to be the 'a' partition), and the boot selector needs to >>>> be accessed from the "beginning of the disk" - you said >>>> you're using EasyBCD for this which is okay. >>>> >>>> >>> I followed the part 13.3.2 from >>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot-blocks.html >>> >>> >>> I think this should be enough, isn't it? it says bsdlabel -B will >>> replace the boot1 and boot2 stage so all of them are installed. >> Looks correct. >> >> >> >>> Now the question is how to branch the a partition as the "boot >>> partition" ? >> No need. As soon as the "branching" from ada0-"start" -> ada0s3 >> has been processed, the 'a' partition ada0s3a will be accessed >> as it is the boot partition. It will then continue stage 1 and 2 >> and finally access the loader, which will load the kernel. >> >> In 13.3.2 it is explained as follows: >> >> They [Stage One, /boot/boot1, and Stage Two, /boot/boot2] >> are located outside file systems, in the first track of >> the boot slice, starting with the first sector. This is >> where boot0, or any other boot manager, expects to find >> a program to run which will continue the boot process. >> The number of sectors used is easily determined from the >> size of /boot/boot. >> >> In your case, the "boot slice" (for FreeBSD) is ada0s3 where the >> boot manager EasyBCD will "branch" to. >> >> Getting just a cursor (as you described) makes it hard to >> identify where the process hangs. If EasyBCD is the last >> thing you see, I assume the FreeBSD boot process isn't even >> initiated. Every part of it (MBR boot manager, boot0, boot1, >> boot2 and loader) would issue some kind of text when accessed. > I couldn't say exactly how to do this now (been a looooong time), but > you should be able to boot using the Windows loader (this may have > changed in recent editions. Don't think so though). This will give you a > choice between Windows or FreeBSD and defaults, timers, etc during boot. > Used to be able to do it under system properties I believe; run a google > search should provide some examples. Using EasyBCD you must ensure that your Windows partition has the boot flag set. /Leslie > _______________________________________________ > 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"
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