Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 14:07:01 -0500 From: dpoland@execpc.com To: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> Cc: jfb@visi.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting FreeBSD and W2k Message-ID: <200008071907.OAA07090@mailgw02.execpc.com>
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> On Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 01:52:00PM -0500, dpoland@execpc.com wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 10:22:46AM -0500, James Felix Black wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I'm wondering how best to boot both FreeBSD (4.1) and Windows > > > > 2000. It seems that 2000 interferes with any and all boot > > > > managers (go figure!), and short of booting off of floppy, > > > > my BSD system appears to be unreachable. > > > > > > > > Is booting off of floppy my only recourse? If so, is there a > > > > document that details what I will have to do to create a custom > > > > boot floppy? > > > > > > > > > > Someone mentioned (here on -questions I think) a long time ago > > > that the W2K boot manager worked the same way as the NT one and > > > they had NT, W2K, and FreeBSD all booting from the W2K boot menu. > > > > > > I can't find the post anymore (I had kept a copy) but if you look > > > at http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html#AEN2138 it may help. Also > > > http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/multi-os/index.html > > > > > This may not help you, but I gave up and bought PartitionMagic. It > > comes with BootMagic that replaces both WinNT/FBSD boot managers and > > allows multi-os booting. One reason I choose this was because I > > failed to create a / partion for FBSD that was under 1024 cylinder > > barrier. I had to re-partition my HD and didn't want to re-install > > Win2k and all the junk that goes along with it. My partion scheme > > turned out to be: > > FAT16: 50MB - BootMagic needs a DOS partion to store it's stuff > > :-O The one that came with PM3 (the OS/2 boot manager) only needs 4MB. > Consider the remaining 46MB "wiggle room" :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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