From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 5 13:31:30 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 497E5106566B for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2010 13:31:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from masoom.shaikh@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f181.google.com (mail-qy0-f181.google.com [209.85.221.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3A318FC0C for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2010 13:31:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk11 with SMTP id 11so3932339qyk.13 for ; Mon, 05 Apr 2010 06:31:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:received:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=EZGNK/lPi/sKpKKSBiVo8TumuDA2HHLyQVly84UDlGQ=; b=rcueHCTKZ9N/k9ABz+qGpmnxXwfaHGydRuZqJ3Ax5fLACurauUakM8+YttTim0jFOq rmMD8S3icZZC9yrs7M+dIEW5fFmSqaNs6puNgWNqhYTK2hm1lV/KenPRwj/yyxe4PlZa tJ9fFlI3p6BQs3HBBBnFp15gZ3nTMbyUWMckA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=LcVCf88s05pZejXBCcnzagxCWaZjcBXD9s4VICNPUO26VwKxmGUdIdKIbv6wkpHK4e 502Nv8rHv2c3VIxhU9NTMYMW6pPpbNP8Yye7ieyd3+yPjQLw2FHDQiGoVSswf9XbgMtV KI5oMZpkA2AFlFkHq3rI4xW87gFNq1hRPG/GE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.29.19 with HTTP; Mon, 5 Apr 2010 06:24:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100405141513.00005c14@unknown> References: <20100404000942.00003960@unknown> <20100404092227.GA2632@chimera.vickiandstacey.com> <20100405141513.00005c14@unknown> Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 18:54:12 +0530 Received: by 10.224.83.85 with SMTP id e21mr2022751qal.227.1270473852375; Mon, 05 Apr 2010 06:24:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: From: Masoom Shaikh To: S Roberts Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: FreeBSD-8 Dual Booting With Pre-Installed Windows 7? 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: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:31:30 -0000 On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 6:45 PM, S Roberts wrote= : > Hi Masoom, > =A0 Good to hear from you.., > > On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 18:32:57 +0530 > Masoom Shaikh wrote: > >> On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Stacey Roberts >> wrote: >> > Hello Leslie, >> > =A0 =A0 =A0Good to hear from you.., >> > >> > On Sun, 04 Apr 2010, Leslie Jensen wrote: >> >> >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-questions@freebsd.org/msg229158.h= tml >> >> >> >> /Leslie >> >> >> > >> > I had a look at the thread - thanks.., >> > >> > The documentation for EasyBCD documentation itself states that its >> > compatible with windows vista - there's nowhere that actually >> > states that it supports windows 7. >> >> I have been using EasyBCD on Win7 + FBSD8 for some 6+ months now >> > > That's great to hear.., Can you confirm that you started off with a > pre-installed windows 7 machine / single disk and then **added** > FreeBSD, please? Win7 was not pre-installed. I have three partitions, part1(c:) - NTFS part2(d:) - FAT32 part3 - UFS2, not visible to Win7, visible in Disk Management console as free space Win7 is installed on part1, part2 is data drive so that bot OSes can read/w= rite do not want to use fusefs first install Win7, then FreeBSD, then boot in Win7 and use EasyBCD to add FreeBSD as another entry remember to advise FreeBSD to not touch MBR. have fun!! > > Tell me something - Which of the 3 FreeBSD boot manager options did you > select, please? don't let FreeBSD touch your MBR, Win7 won't like that > > Thanks! > > Regards, > > S Roberts > > >> > >> > Or, am I missing something? >> > >> > I noted that the link by the responder in the thread also refers to >> > a document that is based on windows vista, but will review this as >> > well. >> > >> > Thanks! >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > S Roberts >> > >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Hello, >> >> > Sorry if this has been asked before, but can some point me to >> >> > where I can find info on installing FreeBSD-8 to a windows-7 >> >> > pre-installed machine (single disk) in a dual-boot set up, >> >> > please? >> >> > >> >> > Any assistance is appreciated. >> >> > >> >> > Thanks. >> >> > >> >> > Regards, >> >> > >> >> > S Roberts >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> >> > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> >> > To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> >> > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> > To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > >