From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 8 11:39:12 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6156837B401 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 11:39:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from postal3.es.net (postal3.es.net [198.128.3.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AB4A43FA3 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 11:39:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net ([198.128.4.29]) by postal3.es.net (Postal Node 3) with ESMTP (SSL) id MUA74016; Fri, 08 Aug 2003 11:39:09 -0700 Received: from ptavv (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id B4B935D07; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 11:39:08 -0700 (PDT) To: John Reynolds In-Reply-To: Message from John Reynolds <16178.45598.863932.632053@whale.home-net> Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 11:39:08 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20030808183908.B4B935D07@ptavv.es.net> cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best Known Methods for dual booting WinXP + -current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 18:39:12 -0000 > From: John Reynolds > Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 13:10:06 -0700 > Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org > > hello all, > > Having had a positive experience thus far with 5.1-RELEASE and -current beyond > that on one of the new boxes I recently built, it is now time to build up the > dual-boot system (BSD for me, WinXP for the wife ;). I've read different > reports (some from laptop users) about using the WinXP loader to boot FreeBSD > and I've also read reports that people used the standard boot-easy to boot both > (while even others using GRUB). > > Are there currently any issues with dual-booting 5.1-RELEASE and/or -current > along with Windows XP (probably SP1)? This would be on the same physical > disk. What do you other -current users who are faced with dual booting XP do > for the most part? I'm partial to BootEasy. It's not sexy, but it is simple and reliable and has one very nice capability that the others with which I am familiar lack. It will default to re-booting he system which was last booted. This is not an overwhelming thing, but I find it nice, so I use it. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634