From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 21 15:32:16 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7911F16A41F for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 15:32:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from garys@opusnet.com) Received: from opusnet.com (mail.opusnet.com [209.210.200.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2933743D46 for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 15:32:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from garys@opusnet.com) Received: from localhost.localhost [70.98.246.232] by opusnet.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.05) id AE7B176700B4; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 08:32:11 -0700 Received: from localhost.localhost (localhost.localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localhost (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j7LFXXnD032485; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 08:33:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from garys@opusnet.com) Received: (from jojo@localhost) by localhost.localhost (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j7LFXSTs032484; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 08:33:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from garys@opusnet.com) To: Soo-Hyun Choi References: <34b425c5050821071777df358c@mail.gmail.com> <430892C0.9000003@u.washington.edu> From: garys@opusnet.com (Gary W. Swearingen) Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 08:33:28 -0700 In-Reply-To: <430892C0.9000003@u.washington.edu> (Garrett Cooper's message of "Sun, 21 Aug 2005 07:42:08 -0700") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) XEmacs/21.4.17 (Jumbo Shrimp, berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Garrett Cooper , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where to 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: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 15:32:16 -0000 Garrett Cooper writes: > Soo-Hyun Choi wrote: >> >>Which drive should I install the FreeBSD Boot Manager? >> >>Thank you. >> > Your primary 1st channel IDE drive-the one you have devoted for Windows use-unless you plan on using a bootdisk to > startup FreeBSD :). If you have or can install a fancy boot manager (i.e., not FreeBSD's), starting in the MBR of the first disk, then you can sometimes do without a BM on the second disk, but if you're going to use a normal FreeBSD disk layout and you don't have a fancy BM, then you'll normally want a FreeBSD Boot Manager in the MBR of both disks. The first one lets you boot from the partitions on the first disk or start the second disk's MBR from which you can boot FreeBSD. Except I don't know about dual booting with MSFT OSes. I've read it's possible with the FreeBSD BM. The list archives have info on that. Garrett: I got my BSEE from your school before it became the MSFT Academy. :)