From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 16 16:02:28 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 A45511065672 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:02:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 489318FC1B for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:02:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id n0GG1mBR037962; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:01:48 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id n0GG1mw7037961; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:01:48 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:01:48 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister To: Da Rock Message-ID: <20090116160148.GA37906@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <496762E1.6070107@gmail.com> <6AEDCF9BC41A4571BCF2FE7F7D5F4376@GRANTPC> <1232068850.22938.11.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1232068850.22938.11.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Boot Manager X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:02:29 -0000 On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 11:20:50AM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 09:53 -0500, Grant Peel wrote: > > Hi Mike, > > > > I am not at all sure whate you are suggesting here? > > > > What I am asking, is, somehting like: > > > > Can I reboot the machine with the FreeBSD install disk, and using the > > sysinstall utility, reinstall the freebsd boot manger so I wind up with: > > > > F1 Windows > > F2 FreeBSD > > F5 Disk1 > > > > -Grant > > Not a chance- why do you think you have to install Window$ first? Gates > and his cronies aren't going to make it easy for you to install free > software, and so they make it as hard as possible hoping you'll install > Window$ and give up. I don't think you read what he wrote carefully. You are right in your statement about MS having to be first and not accomodating any other system. But, for those very reasons, his statement is correct. He has Win already on the disk. He wants to use the _FreeBSD_ system to write the _FreeBSD_ MBR which will happily boot both MS-Win and FreeBSD. I boot MS quite regularly with the FreeBSD MBR. It is the standard recommended way of doing a dual boot. The machine on which I am presently typing is dual boot with MS-XP and FreeBSD and it uses only the FreeBSD MBR with no problem. ////jerry > > I haven't heard of anywhere that any of the freeloaders (pardon the pun) > that can boot a M$ system- only paid for software like Bootmagic. Or use > the M$ loader in window$ to boot other systems- strange that it should > be able to do that, but then most of the OSS is KISS based rather than > the rigmarole M$ go to. > > Again, I could be outdated and/or wrong on this, but I doubt it has > changed. > > _______________________________________________ > 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"