From: Chris Landauer <cal@rushe.aero.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: cal@rushe.aero.org Subject: dual boot with 4.5 and windows 2000 pro - is it possible? Message-ID: <200202280512.g1S5C3001443@rushe.aero.org>
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hihi, all - i am trying to put freebsd 4.5 on a large (80gb) disk, with a dual boot with windows 2000 professional (on the other 80gb disk, though i'd really prefer it to be on only a small part of that disk) i did all the right stuff with the CD (i've installed freebsd a few dozen times before), and tried to write the MBR (master boot record) properly from the freebsd install, but the machine always boots into windows - i wonder if w2000pro squirrels away a copy of the MBR and restores it before booting somehow, and even before shutting down - moreover, ALL of the disk partition fiddling programs failed because w2000pro said that disk fiddling was not allowed do any of the disk partition fiddling programs work on w2000pro (with a fat32 file system, NOT ntfs)? can i preserve windows at all? or must i make windows go away completely before my new machine will boot into freebsd? more later, cal Dr. Christopher Landauer Aerospace Integration Science Center The Aerospace Corporation, Mail Stop M6/214 P.O.Box 92957 Los Angeles, California 90009-2957, USA cal@aero.org, +1 (310) 336-1361 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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