From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 29 06:46:14 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C04B16A469 for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 06:46:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tim1timau@yahoo.com) Received: from web50302.mail.re2.yahoo.com (web50302.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.38.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B8C3213C484 for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 06:46:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tim1timau@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 41053 invoked by uid 60001); 29 Jun 2007 06:19:32 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=a9ttW3C8AsdbbKS9pqbZi+Y9v+EuwNBEGmZ8B5vDqNhfxGKIzRZzGymavVky6DtEckejAiJZdbZRekEA4yxuqteUP98oWfIozrzu/UIJg+586b1XI4YDMmRd8+NBFCphMkKzjqPkX0I4MBknrEnI7YMAEWQyffrbJLsfLoY/5K8=; X-YMail-OSG: hbvjHM4VM1mhDH99D02UjQOANal8KXV6dsp.fjsEbGZE0x_E2arqHG5AQHgoLbfcyA-- Received: from [210.50.6.166] by web50302.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:19:32 PDT Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:19:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Clewlow To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200706282009.00938.Thomas.Sparrevohn@btinternet.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <235027.40865.qm@web50302.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: MS Vista vs FreeBSD's bootloader X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 06:46:14 -0000 --- Thomas Sparrevohn wrote: > On Thursday 28 June 2007 14:44:05 pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com wrote: > > > > --- Thomas Sparrevohn ha scritto: > > ... > > > > > > > > I have Vista Home edition ruinning any FreeBSD without any problems and > > > without having to do anything special - That is on CURRENT > > > > > > > > Hmm... > > > > Installation order is important, perhaps you already had FreeBSD before > > installing Vista? In my case Vista Premium came preinstalled, there was > also a > > FAT partition (with diagnostic stuff) and an NTFS for rescue purposes. > > > > No - The originally came with XP - I nuked that and installed FreeBSD - > However > I did nuke the XP totally before upgrading to Vista - It does overwrite the > FreeBSD > MBR - I just rebooted using a CD and added the mbr again > > > Of course getting the new computer without Vista was not really an option > :(, > > but MS went too far this time, they removed postcript type1 font support > and > > they crippled OpenGL enough that major CAD packages don't work easily or > have > > something like 85% performance penalty. > > > > Pedro. > > ----------------------- Hi, this may not be the correct place to ask - but it is related. Has anyone been able to get Vista running on qemu? Cheers, Tim. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469