Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 11:39:08 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: John Reynolds <johnjen@reynoldsnet.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best Known Methods for dual booting WinXP + -current Message-ID: <20030808183908.B4B935D07@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Message from John Reynolds <johnjen@reynoldsnet.org> <16178.45598.863932.632053@whale.home-net>
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> From: John Reynolds <johnjen@reynoldsnet.org> > 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
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