Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 10:25:36 +0100 From: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> To: Mike Maltese <mike@pcmedx.com> Cc: lists <lists@dlfws.net> Subject: Re: Dual booting WinXP and FreeBSD - odd problem Message-ID: <20031103092536.GA85613@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <3FA605DB.1080100@pcmedx.com> References: <3FA5F42F.4090009@pcmedx.com> <3FA601DB.6050007@dlfws.net> <3FA605DB.1080100@pcmedx.com>
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On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 11:38:03PM -0800, Mike Maltese typed: > > >Hi Mike, > > > >Do you have WinXP and FreeBSD on the same disc or on two separate discs? > > > >Thanatos > > > > > > Same physical disk. Windoze is on ad0s1 and FBSD is on ad0s2. At the > moment I'm looking into restoring XP's MBR and then utilizing it's boot > manager by copying the FreeBSD boot blocks. I know this can be done with > Linux, we'll see about FreeBSD. =) I can't believe this isn't working, > I've had great success in the past with dual-booting. The mainboard is a > Shuttle AK12 and I just flashed the BIOS to the latest version. It's not > the newest board, so I'm wondering if I'm running into the 1024 cylinder > limit thing. > > Help me out here guys, I'm trying to make a convert out of my friend! Just a shot in the dark, but is your disk configured as a "dynamic disk" in XP? > Thanks, Mike > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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