From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 5 16:02:58 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 934BD16A41F for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 16:02:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from andreas.kohn@gmx.net) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 89CA743D49 for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 16:02:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from andreas.kohn@gmx.net) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 05 Aug 2005 16:02:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (EHLO klamath) [212.204.44.203] by mail.gmx.net (mp024) with SMTP; 05 Aug 2005 18:02:56 +0200 X-Authenticated: #2431876 From: Andreas Kohn To: dmwassman@cox.net In-Reply-To: <20050805024429.PWWN8255.eastrmmtao03.cox.net@smtp.east.cox.net> References: <20050805024429.PWWN8255.eastrmmtao03.cox.net@smtp.east.cox.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-LIuoz/yuofCXM/aDWJIv" Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 18:02:52 +0200 Message-Id: <1123257773.1029.18.camel@klamath.syndrom23.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.3.5.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WinXP and FreeBSD configuration problems 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, 05 Aug 2005 16:02:58 -0000 --=-LIuoz/yuofCXM/aDWJIv Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 22:44 -0400, dmwassman@cox.net wrote: > Hello all, >=20 > OK it is now day three and I have given up. This will be a long=20 > one just to warn you now.=20 >=20 [...] > First, I tried to install windows on the first 2G partition then=20 > tried to install freebsd as follows=20 > ad0s0 NTFS 2G #Windows Boot > ad0s1 FreeBSD 2G #FreeBSD Boot/Swap > ad0s3 FAT 20G #Windows > ad0s4 FreeBSD 298G #FreeBSD=09 >=20 > Now when I finished installing WinXP I could boot with no problems=20 > but after installing FreeBSD, I get a BSOD when trying to boot WinXP.=20 > I looked thru google, FreeBSD, and Microsoft for a possible answer.=20 > No. Everyone seems to just put all of WinXP on the first partition=20 > and then FreeBSD or Linux. I think thats fine for a 20, 30 or even=20 > 80 GiB HD but I think there will be a performance issue with the=20 > boot and swap so deep on the HD. Hi, I would say this is a Windows problem. Old Windows certainly had the=20 habit of only reading the partition table up to the first non-windows partition.=20 Looks like WinXP still does the same. But as your only reason for trying for days to get this to work is a possible performance loss, you may perhaps want to try to measure this loss and see if it warrants days of work against Windows. Best regards, -- Andreas --=20 was macht man eigentlich auf einer linux-gamer lan ? hl server aufsetzen und freuen ? *duck* ^^ --=-LIuoz/yuofCXM/aDWJIv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBC842sYucd7Ow1ygwRAjbsAKCLh6r/OK/JNSjNijMbSNoMt6/UIACfUuhA oJUNQ9BcIT7ZLHleoVbCVOM= =iTPq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-LIuoz/yuofCXM/aDWJIv--