From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Fri Feb 20 12:21:19 2004
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5805116A4CE
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Fri, 20 Feb 2004 12:21:19 -0800 (PST)
Received: from clanbuckbuck.org (c-24-17-98-189.client.comcast.net
	[24.17.98.189])	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1BE6E43D1D
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Fri, 20 Feb 2004 12:21:19 -0800 (PST)
	(envelope-from ryallsd@datasphereweb.com)
Received: (qmail 9956 invoked from network); 20 Feb 2004 20:21:18 -0000
Received: from unknown (HELO RYALLS1) (131.107.3.84)
  by c-24-17-98-189.client.comcast.net with SMTP; 20 Feb 2004 20:21:18 -0000
From: "Derrick Ryalls" <ryallsd@datasphereweb.com>
To: "'Joel Gudknecht'" <jgudknecht@marathonmultimedia.com>,
	"'freebsd-questions'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 12:21:37 -0800
Message-ID: <A99A5AC30F74624388EE5F757BA58A20D7A210@RED-MSG-50.redmond.corp.microsoft.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510
In-Reply-To: <7A601EA4F6472748A4B828E59222FF03D75FBE@SERVER_EMAIL>
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165
Importance: Normal
Subject: RE: 4.9-RELEASE + XP Pro problem
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 20:21:19 -0000

> 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.
> 
> Went to reboot and bsd had taken over either the boot sector 
> or the mbr.
> 
> Tried xp recovery console, fixmbr, fixboot, nothing worked, 
> bsd continues to boot up by default.
> 
> 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.
> 
> What I'm I doing wrong here?
> 

I just did a dual boot setup with XP and 5.2.

I chose none intentionally, installed FreeBSD, then as I was rebooting, put
in my GAG disk and installed GAG as my boot loader.  It found both my
FreeBSD partition and my XP partitions.  I set it up, and I can safely boot
into either o/s fairly easily.

Gag is available on sourceforge.