From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 28 00:30:38 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B27AA16A4D0 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 00:30:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccimhc91.asp.att.net (sccimhc91.asp.att.net [63.240.76.165]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D04843D45 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 00:30:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from FreeBSD@insightbb.com) Received: from [192.168.1.239] (12-202-28-183.client.insightbb.com[12.202.28.183]) by sccimhc91.asp.att.net (sccimhc91) with ESMTP id <20041228003035i9100rfpcce>; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 00:30:35 +0000 From: Steven Friedrich To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:30:34 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <033f01c4ec6e$014ba970$9a11a8c0@d3stomc> In-Reply-To: <033f01c4ec6e$014ba970$9a11a8c0@d3stomc> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200412271930.34782.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> Subject: Re: Dual boot WinXP and FreeBSD 5.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 00:30:38 -0000 On Monday 27 December 2004 06:44 pm, Tom Connolly wrote: > Hello list. I wish to put FreeBSD 5.3 on a new hard drive and have it > dual boot with the existing Windows XP system (separate HD). Can I just > simply go through the FreeBSD install and have it install the FreeBSD > boot manager/loader on the XP drive? I can't risk doing any damage to > the XP system as it has a thermal analyzer program on it that won't run > on FreeBSD (otherwise I would have no use for XP at all). I would like > to know if there are any "gotchas" or anything that could be a problem. > I would really like to hear comments from anyone who has set up such a > system. > > Thanks in advance, > > Tom > > _______________________________________________ > 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" I recommend that you spend money and get some mobile racks, which will allow you to remove the Windows drive and slip in another. I like the Vantec racks, which are $35 for the whole thing or $30 for just the removable part (I recomment buying the whole thing each time unless you're going to save hundreds of dollars because you're ordering so many). I used to partition drives up and install several OSes on a couple drives. I got tired of Microsoft finding my other OSes and trashing them. Now they can't!