Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:42:00 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Bob Schwartz <bob@bschwartz.com> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org, 'Bill Moran' <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> Subject: Re: Questions on first-time installation Message-ID: <20061110154200.GC86927@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <004001c7034a$dd79d1c0$0500a8c0@c1> References: <20061108083717.V72340@tribble.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> <004001c7034a$dd79d1c0$0500a8c0@c1>
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On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 10:30:33AM -0500, Bob Schwartz wrote: > >>Be really careful. The windows boot loader should be able to boot a > freebsd install for you.<, > > Thank you. > > Either one works for me as long as I get full choice. If the windows loader > simply picks up bsd and offers it in addition to the two windows installs > that I need, no problem. Ditto if the bsd boot manager hands me off to the > windows boot manager and gives me both choices. > > My concern...and I was going to write the group and ask...is that bsd's > manager only returns one of the windows systems. > > What do you think, please? Well, I am losing track a little, but one thing may be relevant and that is that you must install an MBR on each of the disks that will have a bootable slice - not just the one with the bootable FreeBSD slice. This in installed by FreeBSD fdisk with the -B flag and the drive as a parameter. If you don't have an MBR on the drive, it will ignore any bootable slices on that drive. ////jerry > > >> Dell usually ship their machines with a small partition at the front of > the drive (at least, they did last time I received one). That partition is > at an odd offset and didn't agree with the FBSD partition editor: I found > this out the hard way. Things may have changed since then; I usually nuke > the dell partition anyway.<< > > They still do...and while I could nuke it, now that I have windows installs > that I don't want to disturb, I am afraid to. > > If I leave them there, what, in your experience, happens? > > Thanks, jan.... > > PS off to have my bangers and mash<g> > > Bob Schwartz > ********************************************************************* > This communication, including any attachments or enclosures, may contain > information that is (1) legally privileged, (2) confidential, (3) > proprietary and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this > message, you may not disclose, print, copy or disseminate this information. > If you have received this in error, please reply and notify the sender only > and immediately delete this information beyond recovery if it has been > received into a computer system and also destroy by shredding if it has been > printed on paper. Unauthorized interception of this e-mail is a violation of > federal criminal law. > ********************************************************************** > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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