Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 01:42:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Kellers <timothyk@serv1.wallnet.com> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> Cc: "Remington L." <madriax@garlic.com>, <FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org>, <FreeBSD-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Laptop + 1 HDD + FreeBSD + Windows Message-ID: <20020816014013.A11629-100000@serv1.wallnet.com> In-Reply-To: <3D5C8F5F.5020004@owt.com>
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I dual-boot XP Pro and FreeBSD all the time (using FreeBSD's own MBR). I do remember having to convince XP to install to an "active" partition, and then fiddle around with FreeBSD to make them both work, but it was no big deal --I used the help function in Wiondows (which had some documentable errors) but it wasn't hard to figure out. Tim Kellers CPE/NJIT On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Kent Stewart wrote: > > > Remington L. wrote: > > > How would I go about finding info on a reliable way to get FreeBSD and > > Windows XP home booting off the same drive. I need to be able to boot > > into both. Is LILO possible? Are there any MBR backup utilities out > > there? What is "grub" where do I find info on it? Is it in the ports > > collection? How reliable is it? > > > > > I install Windows more than I do FreeBSD. I use the ntldr and all you > have to do is copy /boot/boot1 on to your c-drive and add a reference > to it in your boot.ini. There is more to it than this but it is > documented in numerous places. > > Kent > > > > Thanx for your time and for any input you may have > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > . > > > > > > > -- > Kent Stewart > Richland, WA > > http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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