From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 5 20:54:09 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D27010656D5 for ; Tue, 5 Jan 2010 20:54:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsdlists@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pw0-f44.google.com (mail-pw0-f44.google.com [209.85.160.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13B568FC15 for ; Tue, 5 Jan 2010 20:54:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pwi15 with SMTP id 15so11424007pwi.3 for ; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:54:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=hszvGYNrr1aR4a+CpFBRQvv/ZTI1ycQlx5mWQVTHrBQ=; b=F1qrLB8YFZQC0Cvro8zcF9UBQLSUguVCal/O047ewWDxV+uEk2HxlzqpTmF320YTqa W/8SBdGA4zIjxlasWPiz4R/tigBrJUNIsCux7hlPDehGcQmR9CMfSp9X4t5BElSsj0Bb pe+uoWBz4pTsWhlWo5oynv4vnOGGRq7fn5iUo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=fnyca+O/VLZYab54197xNzPMQrpNrlYQai8NA29cel1YoIdN17CZ4fhOOsL0u6hTJV mYpmWDknK/osZV0IJs3tOJZCUaS3giGWQbnr0QZhem/LFD4VCjUYwdWv+3IpTr8XAdc0 VobYSa4tHTzpdGEogp5MtUl1LWPu64IXp1iXQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.143.137.2 with SMTP id p2mr5279256wfn.136.1262724846172; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:54:06 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B38ACF9.2050705@a1poweruser.com> References: <4B296E66.6030405@a1poweruser.com> <20091217064959.e62bfdbb.freebsd@edvax.de> <20091217151140.GA40367@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <4B38ACF9.2050705@a1poweruser.com> Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 15:54:05 -0500 Message-ID: <54db43991001051254k503bdf8cx4a3294fec74d2ecf@mail.gmail.com> From: Bob Johnson To: Fbsd1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: re-write is this booting info correct? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:54:09 -0000 On 12/28/09, Fbsd1 wrote: > > > How is this rewrite correct? [...] > > corrupted by a virus. Microsoft/Windows provides no native method of > selecting which partition to boot from in a multiple partition allocation. Windows NT and XP both use a built-in boot loader that can be used to select the boot partition. You can use it to dual-boot Windows and FreeBSD, or multiple versions of Windows (or both). There is a FreeBSD FAQ that explains how to configure it at (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/faq/disks.html#NT-BOOTLOADER). Basically, you edit the c:\boot.ini file and do a bit of other magic. In Vista and Windows 7 it changed to some new method that can still boot your choice of partitions, but the native configuration tool provided can only configure it to boot different versions of Windows. To configure it to boot FreeBSD you need a third-party tool (EasyBCD is popular). -- -- Bob Johnson