Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 09:37:37 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Michael Sims <jellicle@inch.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: dual-boot to second drive Message-ID: <200003251437.JAA82535@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000324203710.19978A-100000@shell.inch.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 25-Mar-00 Michael Sims wrote: > > I have two physical IDE drives, primary master C: with Win98, and primary > slave with (I hope) a successful installation of FreeBSD 3.4 on it from > CD-ROM. I say "I hope" because I don't have any way to boot into it > except by booting the 3.4 CD-ROM, which starts the installation process, > or by booting from the kernel and mfsroot floppies I made, which also > start the installation process. > > Now, I believe I need a boot manager at the beginning of the C: to query > me whether I want to boot into Windows or FreeBSD. However, _The Complete > FreeBSD_ sure doesn't seem to discuss this particular situation, at all. > What is the best way of doing this without running any significant risk of > devastating the C:? Boot up into the installation. Don't reinstall FreeBSD, but instead go to Configure -> Fdisk -> wd0 -> type 'Q' to exit that screen -> BootMgr should be selected, so just hit Enter, and that should do the trick. If you want a nicer looking boot manager, go into Windows 98, pop in the FreeBSD CD, and look in the tools/ subdirectory for osbsbeta.exe. (Don't worry, it says beta, but I've never had any problems with it). Make a bootable floppy, then copy osbsbeta.exe over onto the floppy. Pop up a DOS window and run osbsbeta while on A: to extract it. It contains a README, and you can just boot your system off the floppy to install it. Be sure and save a copy of your current MBR when doing this so that in case something does happen to break for some weird reason, you can restore your working setup. That is detailed in the README, IIRC. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200003251437.JAA82535>