Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 04:29:02 +0530 From: Shantanu Mahajan <shantanoo+fbsd@ieee.org> To: Adam <blueeskimo@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems setting up dual-boot Message-ID: <20030425225902.GA2074@dhumketu.homeunix.net> In-Reply-To: <1051291685.76975.21.camel@jake> References: <1051291685.76975.21.camel@jake>
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+++ Adam [freebsd] [25-04-03 13:28 -0400]: | I've tried about 18 different ways to get my dual-boot working, but it | just refuses to give me the option to choose between OS's. | | Here's my setup: | hd0: Windows 2000 | hd2: FreeBSD 5.0 | | During install, I specified to install the FreeBSD Boot Manager on hd2. | However, the boot manager does not detect the Windows 2000 partition, | and jumps right in to running FreeBSD. | | I then tried running /stand/sysinstall to do a post-install fdisk to add | the boot manager to hd0. The idea here was to boot to hd0, select Win2k, | or load up the boot manager on hd2 and proceed. However, this setup just | jumps right into Win2k without any options. | | I've been all over | http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html and | http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-steps.html#BOOTMGR, but I'm afraid that I'm just about out of ideas. The terminology is a bit foreign to me, so following the instructions is a bit difficult. | | Someone suggested modifying the Windows boot.ini file to do it, but I'm | not really sure how to do that either. | | I'm almost to the point of just reinstalling from scratch to get this | working. However, before I do that, I'd like to see if someone can offer | some advice. I'm lost at the moment, so any extra info would surely be | helpful. | | | Thanks, | -- | Adam <blueeskimo@gmx.net> /usr/ports/sysutils/grub or http://www.xosl.org Regards, Shantanu -- An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.
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