Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 15:40:24 -0400 From: Jim Arnold <jim@ohio.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: how to dual boot freebsd, windows98 with 2 disks? Message-ID: <a0501048eb741934e914c@[206.128.102.10]>
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Is it even possible to configure a computer to have one disk running windoze 98 and the other FreeBSD? I have scoured usenet and google and have found very little in the way of help. i did find one page that claimed to know the secret. what i did below was based on that site. I have two hard drives, ad0 and ad1. ad0 has win98 (uhg) already installed. ad0 is 4.3 gig and ad1 is 10gig I boot from the 4.3 BSD CD, choose standard install, hit the space bar to select ad0 which sends me into fdisk. i immediately quit out of fdisk and choose to install the freebsd boot manager under BootMgr (this is the default selection). i say "ok" and go back to the select drives page. i down arrow to ad1 and press the space bar which takes me to fdisk for ad1. i make 4 partitions and then choose q. now i'm back at the install boot manager page for ad1. I choose to install the freebsd boot manager under BootMgr (this is the default selection). Next I am prompted to create the file systems for freebsd on the ad1 drive. i make the new file systems. then i go through the process of choosing the type of install i want to do (in this case a typical user running x windows) next it starts to make the file system and then starts to install freebsd starting with /bin and /doc, etc ... The install to the second hard drive goes without a hitch. When I reboot I see the booteasy prompt but the only thing there is: F1 DOS I can't boot into FreeBSD. I have done this install several times. once making the root slice of the FreeBSD disk "bootable." If you are running win98 and freebsd two hard drives please clue me into the secret of pounding that vile beast 98 into submission. Can't booteasy do the job? thanks! jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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