From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 5 13:44:01 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 4DC0D106564A for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2010 13:44:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stacey@vickiandstacey.com) Received: from smarthost02.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost02.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.3.141]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDB938FC13 for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2010 13:44:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.68.31.182] (helo=unknown) by smarthost02.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Nymat-0000NO-Dh; Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:43:59 +0000 Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 14:45:10 +0100 From: S Roberts To: Masoom Shaikh Message-ID: <20100405144510.00006d94@unknown> In-Reply-To: References: <20100404000942.00003960@unknown> <20100404092227.GA2632@chimera.vickiandstacey.com> <20100405141513.00005c14@unknown> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.4cvs1 (GTK+ 2.16.0; i586-pc-mingw32msvc) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Originating-Smarthost02-IP: [82.68.31.182] 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 13:44:01 -0000 Hello Masoom, On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 18:54:12 +0530 Masoom Shaikh wrote: > 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= .html > >> >> > >> >> /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? >=20 > 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 >=20 > Win7 is installed on part1, part2 is data drive so that bot OSes can > read/write do not want to use fusefs >=20 > 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. >=20 Understood. So for your installation of FreeBSD, selecting "None Leave Master Boot Record untouched" actually did work - and you did **NOT** find that sysinstall still went ahead and messed with the mbr? Sorry for the questions, but I recall a recent thread where a few people confirmed that this option does not behave as expected, and folks ended up with broken windows mbrs. Thanks again, Masoom. Regards, S Roberts > have fun!! >=20 > > > > Tell me something - Which of the 3 FreeBSD boot manager options did > > you select, please? >=20 > don't let FreeBSD touch your MBR, Win7 won't like that >=20 > > > > 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" > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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"