From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 20 21:42:48 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: 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 5D99016A425 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 21:42:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphi123@zebra.net) Received: from elasmtp-kukur.atl.sa.earthlink.net (elasmtp-kukur.atl.sa.earthlink.net [209.86.89.65]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81E9B43D62 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 21:42:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from delphi123@zebra.net) Received: from [66.32.101.254] (helo=[192.168.1.101]) by elasmtp-kukur.atl.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1FLS97-0007Ma-EE; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:42:37 -0500 Message-ID: <441F21CD.1020906@zebra.net> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:42:37 -0500 From: Benjamin Sher User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Daniel A." , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <441F1CB1.3000807@zebra.net> <5ceb5d550603201327y52c4ee93o6f38fb38db098556@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5ceb5d550603201327y52c4ee93o6f38fb38db098556@mail.gmail.com> X-ELNK-Trace: 6d7a96d530d16c3b5e89bb4777695beb69025943178dce0bce32685bb2c66a90f6542fb1909c5189350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 66.32.101.254 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Urgent FreeBSD Boot question! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 21:42:48 -0000 Dear Daniel: I have an old but very reliable Dell Dimension 8200 that's 6 years old. It does not have a boot option for both of my separate hard disks. The only BOOT options are: floppy, CD or hard drive. That's why I need the boot manager solution. Thank you. Daniel A. wrote: > On 3/20/06, Benjamin Sher wrote: > >> Dear friends: >> >> I decided to go out and buy the latest issue of Linux Format with the >> FreeBSD 6 CD. I am very glad I did. FreeBSD is tough to install, but >> after spending several hours I finally succeeded in doing a perfect >> installation. ONE BIG PROBLEM: When I removed the CD and rebooted, I got >> into my Windows XP (I have two separate disks, one for Windows, one of >> FreeBSD). There was no way to get into FreeBSD. Naturally, I went into >> my BIOS and changed the boot sequence from CD to Hard Drive. That only >> caused my system to boot into Windows XP. >> >> I read the instructions about the FreeBSD Boot Manager. It said clearly >> that it should allow switching from one OS to another. But I did not see >> any configuration for that. How, may I ask, do I do this while >> installing FreeBSD? How do I change this configuration to guarantee that >> all my work won't go down the toilet and that when I reboot, I will see >> Lilo or whatever as a boot manager that will allow me to select either >> FreeBSD or Windows? >> >> I am looking forward to solving this and then to actually seeing FreeBSD >> for the first time. >> >> Thank you so much in advance. >> >> Benjamin >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > In your BIOS, make changes so that the system boots from HDD1 instead of HDD0 > > >