Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 14:27:23 +0100 From: Udo Schweigert <ust@cert.siemens.de> To: Ben <ben@cahostnet.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BootMgr and Dual Boot? Message-ID: <20010313142723.A33565@alaska.cert.siemens.de> In-Reply-To: <003401c0abc0$62bfc760$6102a00a@nhqadmin17>; from ben@cahostnet.com on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 08:20:34AM -0500 References: <003401c0abc0$62bfc760$6102a00a@nhqadmin17>
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On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 08:20:34 -0500, Ben wrote: > I just installed FreeBSD on my workstation after using Linux for > couple of days. During the install where it asks whether you want > BootMgr or Standard I think I chose Standard. I have W2K on the > other partition so I will need to boot to that as well using BSD boot > manager. I haven't finished the install because I had to work today > and it' s my home machine so I'll finish it tonight. But if I did > pick Standard which means I can only boot BSD, how can I fix this? I > will like to be able to boot both NT and BSD using BSD boot manager. > At least that was my plan. I installed 4.2-RELEASE and will be > upgrading to 4.2-STABLE right after my install. > If you choosed "Standard" the partition marked "active" will be booted (normally this is the FreeBSD partition, because the install-program marks a created FreeBSD partition as active). To boot W2K you can do: - mark the W2K partition active (but you can only boot W2K now) - install the BSD boot manager (see: man boot0cfg, normally something like "boot0cfg -Bv /dev/ad0" does it) Best regards -- Udo Schweigert, Siemens AG | Voice : +49 89 636 42170 CT IC 3, Siemens CERT | Fax : +49 89 636 41166 D-81730 Muenchen / Germany | email : ust@cert.siemens.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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