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Date:      Wed, 3 Nov 2004 12:49:53 +0900
From:      Choy Kho Yee <khoyee@tf7.so-net.ne.jp>
To:        "Andrew Smith" <bsd-questions@andsmith.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Boot Loader
Message-ID:  <6BB4B003-2D4B-11D9-B032-000A95BE58A4@tf7.so-net.ne.jp>
In-Reply-To: <001501c4c14b$355e7fb0$19c8a8c0@loriandsmith>
References:  <001501c4c14b$355e7fb0$19c8a8c0@loriandsmith>

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On 2004/11/03, at 11:17, Andrew Smith wrote:

> I'm trying to get Windows XP and FreeBSD 4.10 to dual boot.
> So I installed XP, and then FreeBSD, with the Boot Manager.
>
> Rebooted and I get the FreeBSD boot manager.  When I hit F2, FreeBSD  
> loads without problems.  However when I hit F1, the computer just  
> beeps at me.
>
> So I installed GRUB from the ports 0.94.  I was able to manually boot  
> BSD with GRUB, but I could not figure out how to get XP to boot, it  
> didn't recognize the partition which XP was installed when I would do  
> a "root (hd0,0)".

This example gives you hints on booting various OS with GRUB. Have a  
look.
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/ 
Configuration.html#Configuration

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Choy Kho Yee
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