From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 8 10:31:13 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27C06106566B for ; Fri, 8 May 2009 10:31:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from dd12710.kasserver.com (dd12710.kasserver.com [85.13.134.233]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6FFD8FC1B for ; Fri, 8 May 2009 10:31:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from rebelion.Sisis.de (cazador.sisis.de [193.31.11.193]) by dd12710.kasserver.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4625C18516EC9; Fri, 8 May 2009 12:31:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from guru@localhost) by rebelion.Sisis.de (8.14.2/8.13.8/Submit) id n48AUBZ0007527; Fri, 8 May 2009 12:30:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) X-Authentication-Warning: rebelion.Sisis.de: guru set sender to guru@unixarea.de using -f Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 12:30:11 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz To: Manolis Kiagias Message-ID: <20090508103011.GA6364@rebelion.Sisis.de> References: <20090506085405.GA5251@rebelion.Sisis.de> <4A0165EA.1060003@otenet.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <4A0165EA.1060003@otenet.gr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE (i386) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reducing Windows Vista to install FreeBSD dual-boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 10:31:13 -0000 El día Wednesday, May 06, 2009 a las 01:26:50PM +0300, Manolis Kiagias escribió: > Sure, You can even reduce Vista's partition from Control Panel -> > Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk Management. Right > click on the partition and select to shrink. The amount that it will > allow you to shrink will vary (probably depends on the fragmentation) > but I guess you will be able to get 50G on a 200G disk. Then install > FreeBSD as usual, but do not allow it to install any boot manager (it > will mess with Vista's BCD system). After installing, use EasyBCD (free > download) within Vista to add FreeBSD to the boot menu. Hi Manolis, I've fetched EasyBCD and installed it in the Vista. Just to make sure: The 180 GB partition is visible as /dev/ad8s4 to the CURRENT booted from USB and I will just label it as: # bsdlabel -w ad8s4 auto # bsdlabel -B ad8s4 edit the disk label and change partition "a" from "unused" to "4.2BSD" as partition type: # setenv EDITOR /usr/bin/vi # bsdlabel -e ad8s4 create the filesystem on it and mount it to /mnt for the installation: # newfs -m 0 -o space /dev/ad8s4a # mount /dev/ad8s4a /mnt and install CURRENT into /mnt: # cd /usr/src # make installworld DESTDIR=/mnt # make installkernel DESTDIR=/mnt KERNCONF=GENERIC INSTALL_NODEBUG=t # make distrib-dirs DESTDIR=/mnt # make distribution DESTDIR=/mnt ... Any comments? Thx matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e - w http://www.unixarea.de/ People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use FreeBSD.