Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 02:52:21 -0700 From: yussef <yussef@claygirl.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: booting into windows changes active partition on dualboot system Message-ID: <E19KEeT-0002OP-SU@samba.cox.net>
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I have a dualboot system with freebsd 4.8 installed on the primary slice, and win2k installed on the secondary slice. The OS' were installed in this order. Ive installed many fbsd/win2k dualboot systems before [usually with windows as the primary slice, and bsd and the secondary], always using the fbsd boot manager, and never having any problems going between os's. However, on this system, as long as i boot into bsd all is fine. But when i boot into windows, the windows slice becomes the active slice, thus when i reboot, i cant access either slice. i have to boot off a fbsd cd, then rewrite the bootmanager [resetting the bsd slice to be the bootable slice]. The other option i have is to manually set the bsd partition as active, while still in bsd, then rebooting works fine. I've never seen this problem before, and tho i accept it as a sign from the unix gods as which os i should use ;) i would still like eliminate this issue. thank you yussef --
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