From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 28 07:50:48 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1224516A4CE for ; Sun, 28 Dec 2003 07:50:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from tx2.citynet.net (tx2.citynet.net [66.118.64.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E38943D46 for ; Sun, 28 Dec 2003 07:50:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from BlackBsd@Mountain.Net) Received: from Mountain.Net (dhcp-69-43-23-053.mowheel.dialup.citynet.net [69.43.23.53] (may be forged))id hBSFoe43000976; Sun, 28 Dec 2003 10:50:40 -0500 Message-ID: <3FEEFBE1.3060103@Mountain.Net> Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 10:50:57 -0500 From: Brian Black User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.3.1) Gecko/20030524 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: vanderlaars@online.ie Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Dual Boot WinXP + FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: BlackBsd@Mountain.Net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 15:50:48 -0000 Hi Julio, i have installed freebsd along side NTFS systems for some time now and they do work. you need to make sure in /stand/sysinstall that u have your partitions, slices etc set up correctly,(I mean set up the way that u think is correct). For Example, even though the XP slice that i have is the 3rd slice on my box(FreeBsd 5-Current, then RH9 Then WinXp) the device name for my xp slice still reads /dev/ad0s1. Though this dont seem right it works, i thought that it should read /dev/ad0s3. So to try and answer your questions. 1. Can I have another dual boot on my machine with XP (NTFS) and FreeBSD? yes u can, remember that u can mount the xp slice for "READ" not "Write". You can only read from the ntfs. "man mount" for more information. (for people who wish to correct me, there are some way to write to the ntfs, i know but as a general rule dont write to this file system type.) 2. Where can I read more about the process of instalation to keep my XP partition alive? u can read more in the handbook. if u do not tamper with your xp partition durring /stand/systinstall then the partition will not be bothered. (just remember what the device name is when you are using fips). What boot loader are u planning on using? i have tried BOOTMAGIC,FREEBSDs boot loader and also i have used grub (which is available in the ports). With grub i was not able to boot fbsd when my fbsd slice was formated with ufs2. this might have been fixed though. have fun.