Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 19:29:24 +0200 (CEST) From: "Peter Ulrich (Uli) Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de> To: "Andy [Tecc Nops]" <andy@tecc.co.uk> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: dual boot pain Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0106111905210.311-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <NDBBKOKIGKLFGGPFHCGBKEJIDDAA.andy@tecc.co.uk>
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On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Andy [Tecc Nops] wrote: When you wish to use the BSD-boot-manager you should install Windows first, because it always will overwrite your Master-Boot-Record (MBR). But you would not see the F1 Windows F2 FreeBSD prompt then. Boot from your FBSD-floppies. Just do the same things you did when you installed FBSD on your second harddrive. Choose to install the boot manager in the MBR. Now do not reinstall complete freebSD. When you are asked which distributions to install, just do not choose any. They are already there. Choose some installation media and "perform any pending actions" When you reboot everything should work the right way. Uli. > > What does "nothing seems to work" mean? > > What happens? - Your screen stays black > > - Your BIOS produces little sounds > > - Windows is booted immediately, no question for BSD > > > > Uli. > > > > OK, nothing seems to work means:- > > Installed w2k on Pri ide drive > Installed fbsd on sec ide drive > > First tried to get the fbsd boot manager to dual boot. > What I get is:- > F1 Windows > F2 FreebSD > F5 Drive 1 > > F1 loads Windows, F2 just beeps and loads nothing and F5 worked. > However on next reboot comes up "Boot error" and the loader is > gone and I need to either a) reinstall boot manager or b) > install everything again (real pain). > > I tried the NTLdr "boot.ini" method outlined by Kent but all I get > whe trying to load C:\bootsect.bsd="FreeBSD" where bootsect.bsd is > /boot/boot0 copied over to the windows drive. When making this > selection in the NTLdr I get "PRESS A KEY TO REBOOT" and pressing > any key does just that! I can load Windows but I cannot load FreeBSD. > > I've tried many types of install. > 1. Load FreeBSD first, then Windows > 2. Load Windows first, then FreeBSD > > I've tried creating "mini" partitions on thepri ide > drive and dual boot from there. None seem to work, > I can either boot freebsd or windows, just not either > by selection. > > The only way I have so far managed to dual boot is by > using BIOS. If I select A,C,SCSI from the bios boot option > I get Windows. If I choose D,A,SCSI from bios it boots > FreeBSD disk. However, using bios to select OS at boot > time is really not an option as "end-users" have to use > this machine. Letting them meddle with bios is not a > prefered option. > > One point to note, I did this a minute ago:- > > boot0cfg -Bv -b /boot/boot0 -f /boot/winmbr -s 5 -o niupdate > > This replaced the Windows NTLdr on ad0 and when I boot now:- > > F1 Windows > F5 FreeBSD > > Pressing F1 hung the system. On reboot, tried F5 and > got:- > > F1 FreeBSD > F5 Drive 1 > > F1 hangs. F5 produces > > F1 FreeBSD > F5 Drive 2 > > F1 hangs, F5 hangs. > > Back to "fixit" and the live file system :( > > Can anyone make sense of this? I'm at a complete > loss. I've spent 5 days installing OS afetr OS > with no conclusion to this. Any help would be > much appreciated. > > Regards > Ak > > > > *-------------------------------------------------* | www.pukruppa.de www.2000d.de | | | | Wuppertal - Germany | *-------------------------------------------------* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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