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Date:      Sun, 10 Oct 2004 22:40:06 +0930
From:      Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
To:        bnelson715@hotmail.com, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Multi-Booting With Windows XP Pro
Message-ID:  <200410102240.06812.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
In-Reply-To: <BAY24-DAV66pkNzPZrI000027dc@hotmail.com>
References:  <BAY24-DAV66pkNzPZrI000027dc@hotmail.com>

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On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 03:34 am, Bryan Nelson wrote:
> Deoes anyone have any experience getting FreeBSD to multi-boot with Windows
> XP Pro?  Am using XP Pro SP2 and FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE.  I installed the
> boot manager but everytime I reboot it boots straight to XP.  Any help
> would be appreciated.
>

I believe this typically happens if you install or reinstall an MS system
after the FreeBSD. XP is a jealous god -- it rewites the MBR with a standard
boot pointing to the MS slice.

If this is the case go back to the FreeBSD installation CD and reinstall the 
MBR using the FreeBSD boot manager. Or follow the luke <lgrady@gmail.com> 
suggestion to achieve the same result.

Malcolm




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