From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 5 00:09:20 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D83B16A402 for ; Sat, 5 May 2007 00:09:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from pollux.dfwlp.com (rrcs-64-183-212-242.sw.biz.rr.com [64.183.212.242]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E1F613C457 for ; Sat, 5 May 2007 00:09:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from athena.dfwlp.com (athena.dfwlp.com [192.168.125.83]) (authenticated bits=0) by pollux.dfwlp.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l4509Hho094091 for ; Fri, 4 May 2007 19:09:17 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) From: Jonathan Horne To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 19:09:16 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 References: <20070504210137.8154DB859@mail.totaldiver.net> In-Reply-To: <20070504210137.8154DB859@mail.totaldiver.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200705041909.16996.freebsd@dfwlp.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on pollux.dfwlp.com Subject: Re: Anyone dual booted freebsd/vista yet? 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: Sat, 05 May 2007 00:09:20 -0000 On Friday 04 May 2007 16:01:38 Jeff Palmer wrote: > At 03:26 PM 5/4/2007, Jonathan Horne wrote: > >Has anyone successful configured a freebsd/vista dual boot, and if so, how > >did you get around this issue? > > > >Thanks, > >-- > >Jonathan Horne > >freebsd@dfwlp.com > >http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org > > Jonathan, > > you may want to search the archives. I posed this same question a > while back, and then found a working solution. It involved getting > rid of the freebsd boot manager, and migrating to grub 0.94 > > Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > 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" well, i hate it when this happens, but somehow i fixed it, but i have no idea what i did to eliminate the problem. unfortunatly, my methods were not very scientific, and i didnt bother to test after each step i took. things i did that could have been the fix: 1) inserting the vista install cd, and letting it run thru a repair session. it went kinda quick, and i didnt pay close attention to what it was doing, but it appeared to know exactly what the problem was and what to do. after this, i am 95% positive that it booted back into vista without pausing at the freebsd loader (ie, had restored the original bootloader). unfortunatly, i cant say for sure. 2) as i was installing the gag per recommendation, this ended what appeared to be successfully, but in the end, i didnt have gag. i was back at a working freebsd loader, and it now boots into either freebsd or vista without any complaints at all. *scratches head* oh well, ill take it. :) -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org freebsd@dfwlp.com