From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 21 00:06:14 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 B41E016A400 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:06:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) Received: from out4.smtp.messagingengine.com (out4.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48B6A43D45 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:06:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) Received: from frontend1.internal (mysql-sessions.internal [10.202.2.149]) by frontend1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EA33D41316; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:06:12 -0500 (EST) Received: from frontend3.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.152]) by frontend1.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:06:12 -0500 X-Sasl-enc: O/u9xZDAiXOkafVoEt76dcURV3omsQG7tfT92ZIY0TxQ 1142899564 Received: from [192.168.0.2] (24.115.237.157.res-cmts.sm.ptd.net [24.115.237.157]) by frontend3.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3E396F3; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:06:03 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <441F4375.3080302@fastmail.fm> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:06:13 -0500 From: Jud User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.6a1 (Windows/20060209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gayn.winters@bristolsystems.com References: <01c901c64c72$433d4770$6501a8c0@workdog> In-Reply-To: <01c901c64c72$433d4770$6501a8c0@workdog> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: 'Benjamin Sher' , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:06:14 -0000 Gayn Winters wrote: >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of >> Benjamin Sher >> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 1:21 PM >> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: Urgent FreeBSD Boot question! >> >> >> 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 >> Always more than one way to skin a cat. :-) A rather easy way to do what you want without having to touch your Windows installation is to use the free GAG bootloader - . The installation instructions seem pretty self-explanatory to me, but if you have any questions, feel free to ask. It's what I've used for years to boot triple or quadruple OS systems, and I've never had a problem. Jud