On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:15:02 -0500 Duane Winner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello, > > I am trying to install FreeBSD 4.9 on a machine that already has XP > installed. It has 3 SCSI drives. I would like to keep XP on the first > drive, and install FreeBSD on the third drive and make it dual-boot. > What's the easiest way? You're way. > When I installed, I made a slice on the 3rd disk (using entire disk) and > created my partitions there. I also selected the FreeBSD bootmanager, > but it doesn't seem to write to the first disk, so now when I reboot, I > don't get a bootmanager menu at all, but go right into XP every time. Write it to the first disk also: # sysinstall -> Configure -> Fdisk -> select the first disk -> (q) fdisk without touching anything -> BootMng [Enter] -> exit sysinstall or see the FAQ; you could boot it with XP loader to. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"