Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 13:38:00 -0500 From: "Ben" <ben@cahostnet.com> To: "Bob Johnson" <bobj@ufl.edu> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: BootMgr and Dual Boot? Message-ID: <009701c0abec$bcfbbd20$6102a00a@nhqadmin17> References: <3AAE5A54.F09A38B5@ufl.edu>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yeah, I think I'll do that rather than the other way. Although I did the other method with Red Hat and it seemed to have been happy. It's just a choice I guess but either way I'll be prompted which is all I want. I'll do whatever is easier. Thanks for the help. Ben - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Johnson" <bobj@ufl.edu> To: <ben@cahostnet.com> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 12:35 PM Subject: Re: BootMgr and Dual Boot? > > Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 08:20:34 -0500 > > From: "Ben" <ben@cahostnet.com> > > Subject: BootMgr and Dual Boot? > > > > - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > I just installed FreeBSD on my workstation after using Linux for > > couple of days. During the install where it asks whether you > > want BootMgr or Standard I think I chose Standard. I have W2K on > > the other partition so I will need to boot to that as well using > > BSD boot manager. I haven't finished the install because I had > > to work today and it' s my home machine so I'll finish it > > tonight. But if I did pick Standard which means I can only boot > > BSD, how can I fix this? I will like to be able to boot both NT > > and BSD using BSD boot manager. At least that was my plan. I > > installed 4.2-RELEASE and will be upgrading to 4.2-STABLE right > > after my install. > > > > I use the Windows NT/2000 bootloader instead. This minimizes the > risk of upsetting W2K, and FreeBSD is happy. > > You will need to copy a FreeBSD file to the NT partition to do > this, so _before_ you fix the MBR, copy the file to a DOS > formatted floppy, or some other medium that you can read from W2K. > > I _think_ you can run the W2K install and it will notice you > already have an installed system, and offer to repair it. Tell it > to repair the boot sector. Then set up the NT Loader to offer > FreeBSD as one of the choices when you boot. > > The basic instructions are at > http://eachan.dorsai.org/~dcl/publications/NTLDR_Hacking/ (they > are for NT 4.0, but should basically apply to W2K). Basically, > you edit C:\BOOT.INI to offer FreeBSD as a choice, and point it at > an image of the FreeBSD boot sector that you place on C:\ > > I think that www.freebsd.org has more specific instructions > somewhere, as well. Some of the details changed between FBSD 3.x > and 4.2-stable, so they might be a little out of date. > > - Bob > > > Any information leading to the fixing of this matter will be > > appreciated!! > > > > Thanks, > > Ben > > > > -- > > ********************************************************* > Bob Johnson Senior Systems Programmer > bob@eng.ufl.edu College of Engineering > 523 Weil Hall > 352-392-9217 Office University of Florida > 352-392-7063 Fax Gainesville, FL 32611 > ********************************************************* > "Security is not a product, it's a mentality." . > . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com>; iQA/AwUBOq5pAght7rD8NlhDEQITKACfaTpC8XSsImq6YkeJlnQS8n1iSnAAoPLp ocApFxxxb40kWRx0Pq9+c0K9 =lmip -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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