Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:22:00 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com> To: John Beukema <jpbeukema@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot manager vista Message-ID: <49E82E18.4030204@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <727969.43922.qm@web43401.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> References: <727969.43922.qm@web43401.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
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John Beukema wrote: > I am having trouble with the freebsd boot manager on an > ACER Aspire 4730Z laptop. > > I installed the latest version > of FBSD on partition 3. Partition 1 is a 10 G compressed > partition with the Windows Vista Home system to install and > backup. partition 2 is Windows after installation. > > I installed the boot0 manager. it worked for bsd but not > vista and i had to reinstall windows. > > after I could not access fbsd other than by setting partition 3 > active which again denied access to windows. fbsd is there and > boots. > > How can I install a boot manager to be able to use both Vista and fbsd? > > John Beukema > > > For Vista, the easiest way is to use EasyBCD (free). Do not install the FreeBSD boot manager on the MBR. http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1
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