Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 19:52:27 +0100 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: John Reynolds <johnjen@reynoldsnet.org>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best Known Methods for dual booting WinXP + -current Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20030808194300.02a70668@gid.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <16178.45598.863932.632053@whale.home-net>
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Hi, You can boot FreeBSD from the XP boot manager: see http://bsdvault.net/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=88 [This used to be in the FAQ and perhaps should be resurrected there.] At 21:10 7/8/03, John Reynolds wrote: >hello all, > >Having had a positive experience thus far with 5.1-RELEASE and -current beyond >that on one of the new boxes I recently built, it is now time to build up the >dual-boot system (BSD for me, WinXP for the wife ;). I've read different >reports (some from laptop users) about using the WinXP loader to boot FreeBSD >and I've also read reports that people used the standard boot-easy to boot >both >(while even others using GRUB). > >Are there currently any issues with dual-booting 5.1-RELEASE and/or -current >along with Windows XP (probably SP1)? This would be on the same physical >disk. What do you other -current users who are faced with dual booting XP do >for the most part? > >Thanks, > >-Jr > >-- >John & Jennifer Reynolds johnjen at >reynoldsnet.org www.reynoldsnet.org >Sr. Physical Design Engineer - WCCG/CCE PDE jreynold at >sedona.ch.intel.com >Running FreeBSD since 2.1.5-RELEASE. FreeBSD: The Power to >Serve! >"Unix is user friendly, it's just particular about the friends it chooses." >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Bob Bishop +44 (0)118 977 4017 rb@gid.co.uk fax +44 (0)118 989 4254
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