Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 13:31:35 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: judmarc@fastmail.fm (Jud) Cc: 'freebsd-questions' <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 4.9-RELEASE + XP Pro problem Message-ID: <200402201831.i1KIVao11103@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <1077297615.20387.181381564@webmail.messagingengine.com> from "Jud" at Feb 20, 2004 12:20:15 PM
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> On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 10:13:35 -0500 (EST), "Jerry McAllister"
> <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> said:
> > >
> > > Hello All,
> > >
> > > I'm having a hell of a time getting XP Pro and 4.9 on the same drive.
> > > I've tried various ways to get them to co-exist to no avail.
> > > Here's what I'm trying to accomplish;
> > >
> > > 30 GB HD total
> > >
> > > First 24 GB = XP
> > >
> > > Last 6 GB = 4.9
> > >
> > > Installed XP first, then 4.9, said NONE at the boot menu during install.
> >
> > There is your problem right there.
> > You should have selected the full MBR.
> > Then everything would have fallen in place with none of that
> > other fixboot stuff at all.
> >
> > Just make sure your XP is fully installed first and boots OK
> > Then install FreeBSD and select the MBR (not 'none' and not 'standard')
> [snip]
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> Actually, you should choose to install a standard MBR and *not* to use
> the FreeBSD boot loader in order to accomplish what you describe below.
You are wrong here. During the install you are offered three options:
BootMgr Install the FreeBSD Boot Manager
Standard Install a standard MBR (no boot manager)
None Leave the Master Boot Record untouched
You want to choose the first one to install the FreeBSD Boot Manager
The standard boot record will only boot FreeBSD and nothing else.
The terminology is a little confusing here, but you want the FreeBSD
boot _manager_ not just the standard boot _record_ - two different
sector positions on the disk. The boot _manager_ choosed which
boot _record_ to start booting with.
////jerry
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> > > What I want is to have the nt boot loader give the choice to boot into
> > > bsd by using the boot1 -> bootsect.bsd method in boot.ini.
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> Read the following FAQ carefully. If you try it and are unsuccessful,
> come on back here and let us know what happened.
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> <URL:
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#NT-BOOTLOADER>;
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> Jud
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