Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 18:24:16 +0100 (BST) From: "Barnaby Scott" <bds@waywood.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Boot loader won't start windows on other HD Message-ID: <63026.80.168.197.251.1125163456.squirrel@www.gradwell.com>
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I know questions like this have been asked before, but I can't find a straight answer! Forgive me though if I have missed one. I have a Windows 2000 machine into which I wanted to put an extra hard disk to run FreeBSD. In my pre-installation reading, I noticed that FreeBSD offers a mechanism to boot alternative operating systems, so I opted to put the new FreeBSD disk as 0, and move the original Windows one to position 1. Installation went fine, and I opted to install with the bootloader, and sure enough, on startup I get a little menu saying: F1 FreeBSD F5 Disk 1 If I press F1, FreeBSD boots as expected. However, if I press F5 (it seems I have to do this twice otherwise I get FreeBSD again), I get a prompt saying Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/loader boot: Now what? It doesn't seem to matter what I put here, it won't make Windows start. Is there something particular I should enter? Have I missed something else? Please, if you reply, go easy with me - there is a strong chance I won't understand! If you want to suggest that I copy something to somewhere for instance, or install something, *please* spell out in words of one syllable how. I dont' want to be spoon-fed for ever, but I haven't even got off the initial prompt after login yet!! Thanks
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