Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 18:26:25 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyone dual booted freebsd/vista yet? Message-ID: <20070505222625.GA50661@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <200705041909.16996.freebsd@dfwlp.com> References: <C260F332.3E2%freebsd@dfwlp.com> <20070504210137.8154DB859@mail.totaldiver.net> <200705041909.16996.freebsd@dfwlp.com>
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On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 07:09:16PM -0500, Jonathan Horne wrote: > On Friday 04 May 2007 16:01:38 Jeff Palmer wrote: > > At 03:26 PM 5/4/2007, Jonathan Horne wrote: > > >Has anyone successful configured a freebsd/vista dual boot, and if so, how > > >did you get around this issue? > > > > > >Thanks, > > >-- > > >Jonathan Horne > > >freebsd@dfwlp.com > > >http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org > > > > Jonathan, > > > > you may want to search the archives. I posed this same question a > > while back, and then found a working solution. It involved getting > > rid of the freebsd boot manager, and migrating to grub 0.94 > > > > Jeff > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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" > > well, i hate it when this happens, but somehow i fixed it, but i have no idea > what i did to eliminate the problem. unfortunatly, my methods were not very > scientific, and i didnt bother to test after each step i took. things i did > that could have been the fix: > > 1) inserting the vista install cd, and letting it run thru a repair session. > it went kinda quick, and i didnt pay close attention to what it was doing, > but it appeared to know exactly what the problem was and what to do. after > this, i am 95% positive that it booted back into vista without pausing at the > freebsd loader (ie, had restored the original bootloader). unfortunatly, i > cant say for sure. > > 2) as i was installing the gag per recommendation, this ended what appeared to > be successfully, but in the end, i didnt have gag. i was back at a working > freebsd loader, and it now boots into either freebsd or vista without any > complaints at all. > > *scratches head* > > oh well, ill take it. :) Something about gift horses -- does it still apply in this age of technology. I think so. ////jerry > -- > Jonathan Horne > http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org > freebsd@dfwlp.com > _______________________________________________ > 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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