Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 23:36:34 -0500 From: "Peter Horst" <peter.horst@gte.net> To: "Freebsd-Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Pre-newbie dual-boot Win98/FreeBSD3.2 w/Partition Magic Message-ID: <NCBBLIEBPLAMBNDNAJMNGENCCAAA.peter.horst@gte.net>
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I've been attempting to install FreeBSD on a second primary partition (on an 8G drive) I created using Partition Magic 4.0. According to the PM diagnostics, both OSs are within the first 1024 cylinders. I have installed Boot Magic (bundled w/PM). Here's the problem: *When I set the newly created partition "active," and rebooted to the FreeBSD CDROM, I was able to complete the installation sequence just fine. In this case I chose not to install the FreeBSD boot manager, assuming Boot Magic would handle the MBR chores. With Boot Magic enabled, upon rebooting and attempting to access FreeBSD I got a "Read Error," and had to escape out to Win98. *When I installed FBSD for the *n*th time, now selecting the FBSD boot manager, I was able to shut down then reboot into FBSD no problem. But from Boot Easy I couldn't load Win98 (I am prompted incessantly to enter the filepath of the command line interpreter, and nothing I try has any effect. I used a BM boot diskette to rewrite the MBR (I think this is what was happening) just so I could get back to Win98. I should mention that by this point I had created a tiny FAT16 partition on the hard drive between Win98 & FBSD, following a tip in the installation documentation that perhaps this would make it easier for FBSD to correctly interpret the disk's physical geometry. It's as if FreeBSD's boot manager won't recognize Win98, while PM/BM won't recognize FreeBSD. I am afraid that if I uninstall BM completely I'll never get back to Win98... Does this question EVEN make sense? I've been reading the documentation but am obviously missing something...I hope someone can help... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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