From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 28 19:10:42 2003 Return-Path: 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 9E7F016A4CE for ; Sun, 28 Dec 2003 19:10:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp105.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp105.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.169.225]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C478243D58 for ; Sun, 28 Dec 2003 19:10:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ecrist@adtechintegrated.com) Received: from unknown (HELO 192.168.1.107) (mnslinky@66.41.18.160 with plain) by smtp105.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 29 Dec 2003 03:10:02 -0000 From: Eric F Crist Organization: AdTech Integrated Systems, Inc To: BlackBsd@Mountain.Net, vanderlaars@online.ie Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 21:09:31 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <3FEEFBE1.3060103@Mountain.Net> In-Reply-To: <3FEEFBE1.3060103@Mountain.Net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200312282109.31930.ecrist@adtechintegrated.com> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual Boot WinXP + FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 03:10:42 -0000 On Sunday 28 December 2003 09:50 am, Brian Black wrote: > Hi Julio, > > i have installed freebsd along side NTFS systems for some time now and > they do work. you need to make sure in /stand/sysinstall that u have > your partitions, slices etc set up correctly,(I mean set up the way > that u think is correct). For Example, even though the XP slice that i > have is the 3rd slice on my box(FreeBsd 5-Current, then RH9 Then WinXp) > the device name for my xp slice still reads /dev/ad0s1. Though this > dont seem right it works, i thought that it should read /dev/ad0s3. > > So to try and answer your questions. > > 1. Can I have another dual boot on my machine with XP (NTFS) and FreeBSD? > > yes u can, remember that u can mount the xp slice for "READ" not > "Write". You can only read from the ntfs. "man mount" for more > information. > (for people who wish to correct me, there are some way to write to the > ntfs, i know but as a general rule dont write to this file system type.) > > > 2. Where can I read more about the process of instalation to keep my XP > partition alive? > > u can read more in the handbook. if u do not tamper with your xp > partition durring /stand/systinstall then the partition will not be > bothered. (just remember what the device name is when you are using fips). > > > What boot loader are u planning on using? i have tried > BOOTMAGIC,FREEBSDs boot loader and also i have used grub (which is > available in the ports). With grub i was not able to boot fbsd when my > fbsd slice was formated with ufs2. this might have been fixed though. FWIW, I currently run a laptop with almost this exact configuration. I have Windows XP Home (preinstalled when purchased) on one side and FreeBSD 4.9 on the other. I used Partition Magic to shrink my live XP file system and I use the Boot Magic (comes with PM if you buy retail) and everything works great. I have tried GRUB, but I never could get it working right, but I didn't try very hard. I used the FreeBSD boot manager for about 5 years and it worked OK, no matter how I had hard disks and partitions and OSes configured. I only went to Boot Magic because I have ignorant people that need to use my computer sometimes and the ?? prompt for an OS with ntfs was too confusing. Oh well. HTH Eric Crist AdTech Integrated Systems, Inc