Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:27:51 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Jes=FAs_Abidan?= <jabidan@gmail.com> Subject: Re: cannot boot freebsd Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0911111713140.69546@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20091111184945.GA6493@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <b18b0d440911110902n5efc8a94na8bfb7771d9b3c31@mail.gmail.com> <20091111170900.GA5972@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <b18b0d440911111027if930d18p65c3f3fce7badee2@mail.gmail.com> <20091111184945.GA6493@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > I have heard some complaints about MS-Vista and having to do some > other monkeying around to get an MBR to handle it correctly, but I > don't know details and I do not (lucky me) have any Vista machines > to joust with. EasyBCD from neosmart.net is an easy and free way to do this. Install Vista, install FreeBSD in another slice/primary partition but leave the MBR alone, then install and use EasyBCD from Vista to set booting options. On boot, the machine shows a menu similar to but fancier than FreeBSD's boot0. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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