From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 21 14:42:43 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDCA116A41F for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:42:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout1.cac.washington.edu (mxout1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.134]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4DA643D45 for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:42:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9]) by mxout1.cac.washington.edu (8.13.4+UW05.04/8.13.4+UW05.05) with ESMTP id j7LEgha8026699 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 21 Aug 2005 07:42:43 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [140.142.179.57] (cs333-56.spmodem.washington.edu [140.142.179.57]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.4+UW05.04/8.13.4+UW05.07) with ESMTP id j7LEgdKl030447 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 21 Aug 2005 07:42:41 -0700 Message-ID: <430892C0.9000003@u.washington.edu> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 07:42:08 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050319 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Soo-Hyun Choi , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <34b425c5050821071777df358c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <34b425c5050821071777df358c@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Where to FreeBSD Boot Manager? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:42:44 -0000 Soo-Hyun Choi wrote: >Hi, > >I'm trying to install FreeBSD on my system which has two separate HDD >(each has 40GB). I am already using the first drive (e.g., C drive) >only for Window XP and now would like to install FreeBSD on the second >drive (e.g., D drive). > >Which drive should I install the FreeBSD Boot Manager? > >Thank you. > Your primary 1st channel IDE drive-the one you have devoted for Windows use-unless you plan on using a bootdisk to startup FreeBSD :). -Garrett