From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 30 17:56:46 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 EDC2516A4CE for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:56:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F4ED43D4C for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:56:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com) Received: from frontend2.messagingengine.com (frontend2.internal [10.202.2.151]) by frontend1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BCD4C47C1F for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:56:45 -0500 (EST) X-Sasl-enc: un+OdHLcqHwLGmtihoTaKQ 1104429402 Received: from gumby.localhost (dsl-80-41-72-238.access.uk.tiscali.com [80.41.72.238]) by frontend2.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74A63570159 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:56:42 -0500 (EST) From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:56:38 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <6FC9F9894A9F8C49A722CF9F2132FC2202C7C7DD@ms05.mailstreet2003.net> In-Reply-To: <6FC9F9894A9F8C49A722CF9F2132FC2202C7C7DD@ms05.mailstreet2003.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200412301756.39061.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> 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: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:56:47 -0000 On Wednesday 29 December 2004 22:40, Haulmark, Chris wrote: > Someone broke the silence: > > 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? > > > > ice > > I just use the BIOS to change back and forth with the hard drives. Just > have to go into the habit of switching back to the first hard drive after a > shutdown or reboot for your family. One other thing you can do is put your bootloader of choice on the second drive; that way the bios can either boot to windows or to the loader. If you swap backward and forwards between OSs yourself, a proper loader is more convenient.