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Date:      Wed, 14 Aug 2002 17:31:40 -0500 (CDT)
From:      hawkeyd@visi.com (D J Hawkey Jr)
To:        julian@elischer.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: BSD and HP Pavilion computers
Message-ID:  <200208142231.g7EMVe223414@sheol.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0208141407061.22277-100000_InterJet.elischer.org@ns.sol.net>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0208141407061.22277-100000_InterJet.elischer.org@ns.sol.net>

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In article <Pine.BSF.4.21.0208141407061.22277-100000_InterJet.elischer.org@ns.sol.net>,
	julian@elischer.org writes:
> 
> Has anyone managed to get dual-boot working on an HP Pavilion?
> 
> (Or even a non dual boot?)

Yup. I have a Pavilion 7840. I used FreeBSD's FIPS (I think that's what
it's called) to cut the Windoze(tm) partition in half, and installed
FreeBSD in the new space. FreeBSD's boot manager works fine.

> Julian

You have a problem, or just looking ahead?
Dave

-- 

Windows: "Where do you want to go today?"
Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?"
FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?"


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