Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:05:42 +0200 From: Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> To: Masoom Shaikh <masoom.shaikh@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, S Roberts <stacey@vickiandstacey.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD-8 Dual Booting With Pre-Installed Windows 7? Message-ID: <4BBA0A56.9020908@eskk.nu> In-Reply-To: <p2pb10011eb1004050826l84386d18g4d9ab6bce02eb35a@mail.gmail.com> References: <20100404000942.00003960@unknown> <faecae493816d417c6cb7e0b8696802d.squirrel@www.eskk.nu> <20100404092227.GA2632@chimera.vickiandstacey.com> <p2ib10011eb1004050602k592c1d79ie5c17c66ee57b38f@mail.gmail.com> <20100405141513.00005c14@unknown> <h2yb10011eb1004050624j8cab955bq761cdb1a889cde22@mail.gmail.com> <20100405144336.00007ba5@unknown> <p2pb10011eb1004050826l84386d18g4d9ab6bce02eb35a@mail.gmail.com>
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> 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 environment > have fun! I would use the fixboot command to fix this, or boot from PartedMagic CD and set the boot flag on that partition. /Leslie
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