Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 10:16:06 +1000 From: JacobRhoden <jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dual booting FreeBSD and Windows XP Message-ID: <200308011016.06628.jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <20030731162925.2D4127329C@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com> References: <200307302155.h6ULtQOv025909@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <20030731162925.2D4127329C@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com>
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On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 02:29 am, Jud wrote: > > > My question is: does FreeBSD's boot loader support loading XP? > > > Because I've heard XP doesn't like it's MBR being overwritten. Is this > > > true? > > > > I believe both statements are true. > > Anyway, you can boot XP with FreeBSD's MBR and that's the important one. > > Jerry's right and so's Adam. I happen to be using GAG right now, because > it's pretty automagic and I have a slightly complicated setup. I installed XP, then FreeBSD on my machine and it all works fine with the FreeBSD boot loader. That said maybe I should try GAG, the font is a bit ugly, but at least the XP partion on boot time wouldnt appear as '??'. (: ________________________________ JacobRhoden - http://rhoden.id.au/
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