Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 18:02:52 +0200 From: Andreas Kohn <andreas.kohn@gmx.net> To: dmwassman@cox.net Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WinXP and FreeBSD configuration problems Message-ID: <1123257773.1029.18.camel@klamath.syndrom23.de> In-Reply-To: <20050805024429.PWWN8255.eastrmmtao03.cox.net@smtp.east.cox.net> References: <20050805024429.PWWN8255.eastrmmtao03.cox.net@smtp.east.cox.net>
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--=-LIuoz/yuofCXM/aDWJIv Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 22:44 -0400, dmwassman@cox.net wrote: > Hello all, >=20 > OK it is now day three and I have given up. This will be a long=20 > one just to warn you now.=20 >=20 [...] > First, I tried to install windows on the first 2G partition then=20 > tried to install freebsd as follows=20 > ad0s0 NTFS 2G #Windows Boot > ad0s1 FreeBSD 2G #FreeBSD Boot/Swap > ad0s3 FAT 20G #Windows > ad0s4 FreeBSD 298G #FreeBSD=09 >=20 > Now when I finished installing WinXP I could boot with no problems=20 > but after installing FreeBSD, I get a BSOD when trying to boot WinXP.=20 > I looked thru google, FreeBSD, and Microsoft for a possible answer.=20 > No. Everyone seems to just put all of WinXP on the first partition=20 > and then FreeBSD or Linux. I think thats fine for a 20, 30 or even=20 > 80 GiB HD but I think there will be a performance issue with the=20 > boot and swap so deep on the HD. Hi, I would say this is a Windows problem. Old Windows certainly had the=20 habit of only reading the partition table up to the first non-windows partition.=20 Looks like WinXP still does the same. But as your only reason for trying for days to get this to work is a possible performance loss, you may perhaps want to try to measure this loss and see if it warrants days of work against Windows. Best regards, -- Andreas --=20 <TalisA> was macht man eigentlich auf einer linux-gamer lan ? hl server aufsetzen und freuen ? *duck* ^^ --=-LIuoz/yuofCXM/aDWJIv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBC842sYucd7Ow1ygwRAjbsAKCLh6r/OK/JNSjNijMbSNoMt6/UIACfUuhA oJUNQ9BcIT7ZLHleoVbCVOM= =iTPq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-LIuoz/yuofCXM/aDWJIv--
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