Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 23:05:51 -0700 From: Thomas Lippert <tlippert362@earthlink.net> To: Karl Friedrich Gauss <distran_network@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot manager not installing in mbr Message-ID: <411B08BF.4090908@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <BAY15-F17DyGFxi5y7400031ae3@hotmail.com> References: <BAY15-F17DyGFxi5y7400031ae3@hotmail.com>
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On Wed Aug 11 20:59:08 2004 Karl Friedrich Gauss wrote: > I'm trying to install freebsd 4.10 on second hard-drive. On the first > hard drive is winXP. When I run sysinstall from a cd-rom, it seems to > be unable to modify the mdr of my first hard drive. I tried to go into > fdisk, the just quit and install boot manager on first hard disk. It > doesn't work. > > When I reboot, I still enter in windows. What can I do? As long as you have winXP installed why not use the ntloader. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#NT-BOOTLOADER answers all of the relevant questions. Before i nuked windows from my laptop this worked well. cheers, Thomas > > Jeremie > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSNŽ Calendar keeps you organized and takes the effort out of > scheduling get-togethers. > http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines > Start enjoying all the benefits of MSNŽ Premium right now and get the > first two months FREE*. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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