Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 22:26:19 -0600 From: "Adam" <mjryan@netins.net> To: "Technical Information" <tech_info@threespace.com>, "Adam" <mjryan@netins.net> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FreeBSD boot Message-ID: <LOBBLIOBJFLGFEDBACNIOEKDCNAA.mjryan@netins.net> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000206223818.05e1d160@mail.threespace.com>
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I have installed the boot manager but its on the second HD :) I have looked at the boot.ini in NT, I am not sure what I would put for the entry though, from the docs I have read the entry will look like this multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(x)partition(y)\<dirname> But I am not sure what to put for it to boot the FreeBSD partition? If worse comes to worse I would like to install everything over, right now I have a 27 GB HD, C: 4GB D: 16 GB If I was to install NT over , what would I make the base partition in order to install FreeBSD Boot manager? Its something like 528 MB or the first 1024 cylinders on the HD right? Thanks for all the help -----Original Message----- Subject: Re: FreeBSD boot It sounds like you need a boot manager of some sort. FreeBSD's own BootEasy should be able to handle the task. Last time I used it, it automatically detected the partitions that were available, so configuring it was unnecessary. I'll assume this is still the case. If BootEasy is installed in the boot sector of the primary hard drive, you should get the prompts to press a function key to boot the selected OS. Alternatively, I think you can use NT's bootloader to boot FreeBSD. Making the correct changes to the C:/BOOT.INI file should allow you to add an entry for your FreeBSD partition. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A SYSTEM FILE AND THAT YOU EDIT IT AT YOUR OWN RISK! ANY MISTAKES MAY RENDER YOUR COMPUTER UNBOOTABLE! (Is that a word?) --Chip Morton At 06:24 PM 2/6/00 , Adam wrote: >Hello, > >I have installed FreeBSD on to a second HD in a machine, but when I reboot I >go straight into my other Operating system installed (winNT). I think I >have to set the second hard drive in the machine to be bootable. > > >How would I go about doing this? > > >Also when I installed FreeBSD on the second HD, did the FreeBSD boot manager >know if any other operating systems where installed on the other hard >drives? > >Thanks > >Adam To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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