From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 5 15:26:40 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 931231065673 for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2010 15:26:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from masoom.shaikh@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f197.google.com (mail-pz0-f197.google.com [209.85.222.197]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6189B8FC0C for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2010 15:26:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk35 with SMTP id 35so71791pzk.3 for ; Mon, 05 Apr 2010 08:26:40 -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=VsN7kVjMdo87FQwiJzATwE/DIEZhJcS6VgT99LCkUrs=; b=xbv5xI3R28b11iqccJMoopiKWh6smIMRI6rhzss629oGBPm48m5eI02Q+fCV8q9uAL j93TYL4ZLXgsL+rGiPAOxjU+BlKUWcm//lMWpWjn7zkZX5GvTBn5l8aV/5QZbOg1A0WB XXJaR5ZA3E3bWKzC9qHaQkhmfE/4uZ0GcgIYQ= 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=SoPS3Q6WvlSFuo1ucCfrYAXapD3iWB7P5MipI/1p2Y/WaRzQ0iduFGoQs4o+K9H9fN Z+Ltu3m5dnjPsrb5MG77uH+E2olr6+E4fNSxXsUYPrTV65KT9X29DO0x/TvPViDSdfuj Ef5wJOQBrMlKZI1FhA/9gluwh/ZrchpzsZQoI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.140.166.18 with HTTP; Mon, 5 Apr 2010 08:26:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100405144336.00007ba5@unknown> References: <20100404000942.00003960@unknown> <20100404092227.GA2632@chimera.vickiandstacey.com> <20100405141513.00005c14@unknown> <20100405144336.00007ba5@unknown> Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 20:56:39 +0530 Received: by 10.141.124.5 with SMTP id b5mr3786943rvn.68.1270481199948; Mon, 05 Apr 2010 08:26:39 -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 15:26:40 -0000 On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 7:13 PM, S Roberts wrote= : > 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/msg22915= 8.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? >> >> 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/write 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. >> > > 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. yes, http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2010-April/056100.ht= ml thread is actually correct, for me it is fresh install, in your case it is little tricky to get it stra= ight for a fresh install you can install FreeBSD first then Win7, and then use EasyBSD. done. i guess, i have done that too. i.e. installed FreeBSD after Win7, then used Win7 CD to repair but take care, it can fail with that irritating send, don't send dialog box so here is one trick if you got guts to try :). I recently got saved with this trick you have Win7 pre-installed, now free up some space and let FreeBSD install, select the option "do not touch mbr". Next boot you will find Win7 gone. Boot from Win7 CD and let it install at same location where it is/was installed. Setup will warn you of already existing installation. It might additionally say that it will move old installation to "Windows.old" folder. Ignore this warning and let setup continue. If I remember correctly the second option is Extracting Windows Files(percentage). Let it come to second step and execute it for a 5 mins, then cancel the setup, ignore all warning and it will undo all changes, but by that time it will already have fixed the bootloader problem. After you cancel setup, give it all time it needs to undo, don't force reboot/power down. hope this will enable you too install FreeBSD, a great development environm= ent have fun! > > Thanks again, Masoom. > > Regards, > > S Roberts > >> 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" >> >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> 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" > >