Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 03:37:59 +0000 From: Ian J Greely <Ian@tirnanog.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NT dual booting.... Message-ID: <1ciLOHKsBKe7VR02piCwHctmAJuP@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <001501bf6619$3109bac0$04c8c8c8@number2-98.davecorp.com> References: <001501bf6619$3109bac0$04c8c8c8@number2-98.davecorp.com>
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Use OS-BS from the /tools directory of the FreeBSD CD. Read the readme files and install as directed. regards, Ian On Sun, 23 Jan 2000 21:14:57 -0600, you wrote: >First, yes, I have RTFM (the FAQ at freebsd.org and the >links) and I'm either too dumb to understand it, or it >didn't supply what I needed. > >Situation: Installed FreeBSD (3.3) on a 4.3 gig HD. Works >fine. Got new HD (17.3 gig). Have made 17.3 gig primary >master and installed MS Workstation on it. 4.3 gig drive >(w/BSD) is now primary slave--the MS fdisk shows the >partition on the 4.3 as still ACTIVE. Of course, the first >partition on the 17.3 gig drive is also active, but *it* is >the master. > >QUESTION 1: Can I alter the NT boot loader to boot BSD off >of the slave HD? If so, do I need to make the BSD partition >on the slave HD non-active? If so, how (the MS fdisk >doesn't work)? Here is what I've added to my boot.ini, and >it doesn't work: > >multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\XXXXX=3D"FreeBSD" > >In place of the XXXXX I have tried "boot" and I have tried >"kernel" (no quotes of course). I get an NT error that says >"NT couldn't start because ntoskrnl.exe is missing or >corrupt." What directory or file do I need to point the >NTLDR to, if this will even work? Also, do I have to use >NT's Disk Administrator to assign it a drive letter instead >of using an ARC path, and point NT's boot loader to the >FreeBSD startup file via a drive letter? (In other words, >like you have to do with Win95/98 when you dual boot with >NT.) > >QUESTION 2: If I start over, and just install NT >Workstation on the 17.3 gig, then install FreeBSD on the >17.3 gig, what happens if I install, for example, NT Server >*after* that. In other words, if you don't choose FreeBSD >from the FreeBSD boot loader, do you get dumped into the NT >boot menu? That's kind of what I'm hoping... Or, would NT >Server get added to the FreeBSD boot loader menu? > >Thanks, all. You guys that answer questions routinely are >awesome. > > >Dave Page > >davecpage@earthlink.net > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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