From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 29 18:21:12 2004 Return-Path: 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 78A1616A4CE for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:21:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from limicola.its.uu.se (limicola.its.UU.SE [130.238.7.33]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 301C343D1D for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:21:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ante@Update.UU.SE) Received: by limicola.its.uu.se (Postfix, from userid 205) id E52164D67; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:21:09 +0100 (MEZ) Received: from limicola.its.uu.se(127.0.0.1) by limicola.its.uu.se via virus-scan id s3930; Wed, 29 Dec 04 19:21:08 +0100 Received: from Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE (Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE [130.238.19.25]) by limicola.its.uu.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id A10114D67; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:21:08 +0100 (MEZ) Received: by Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE (Postfix, from userid 30086) id 9485138012; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:21:08 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9320C5C002; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:21:08 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:21:08 +0100 (CET) From: Andreas Davour To: ice In-Reply-To: <842a160c0412290925a3582ae@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <842a160c0412290925a3582ae@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd on 2nd drive? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:21:12 -0000 On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, ice wrote: > I know this has been asked already, but it's a slightly different > problem. Let me explain my situation first: I'm 14 years old without > my own PC. I can't let the FreeBSD bootloader install on the first > drive (Windows XP), because my family is kinda...how should I put > it...n00bish. They would completely freak out at the sight of turning > on the computer and not seeing the XP startup screen. > I'm planning on installing FreeBSD 5.2.1 on the second hard drive in > this computer. I've read over the installation guide and don't see > anything useful about the bootloader being on the non-first drive. My > question is: can I install the FreeBSD bootloader on the second hard > drive and use something like GAG on a floppy to boot it? It works like a dream, just go ahead. I did like that when installing my system, and before I decided to run GAG from HD. /Andreas -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?