Re: Dual Boot question
--On Tuesday, May 17, 2005 01:14:35 PM -0500 Paul Schmehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I select FreeBSD, the box boots to a prompt, flashing F1 and goes no further, periodically beeping. Never mind. It was waiting for me to hit enter. Now all I have to do is change the default boot to FreeBSD from Windows, and I'll be a happy camper. Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dual-boot question
So, I reinstalled w2k, first trying the repair option, which doesn't provide the option to change the file system format from ntfs to fat, then did a complete reinstall, formatting in fat32. Guess what? It did not overwrite the boot sector, the original freebsd boot menu is still there and still works. In fact, previously, it showed two questions marks for the f1 option (w2k), now it shows dos for the f1 option. I certainly wasn't expecting that. Anyway, just thought I'd share that bit, it was something of a surprise to me, I expected it to overwrite the boot sector like all previos versions of winblows. Regards, Chip On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 10:18:18 +0200 Giorgos Keramidas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2003-01-05 22:44, chip wiegand [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a box running fbsd/w2k but am considering replacing w2k with win98. There are problems with wine not being able to run apps on w2k partition properly, or at all. I realize if I install win98 it will wipe out my boot partition, thus making it so I can't boot into fbsd, which I use 99% of the time. Any suggestions on how to install win98 without wiping out the boot partition, or how to recreate the dual-boot menu? You can always boot from the FreeBSD installation CDROM and interrupt the loader at the `spinner' by pressing space. You should see something like: FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel boot: At the boot: prompt enter: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel and the CDROM loader will boot from your disk. Then, you can reinstall the FreeBSD boot manager on /dev/ad0 with: # boot0cfg -B /dev/ad0 - Giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: dual-boot question
On 2003-01-05 22:44, chip wiegand [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a box running fbsd/w2k but am considering replacing w2k with win98. There are problems with wine not being able to run apps on w2k partition properly, or at all. I realize if I install win98 it will wipe out my boot partition, thus making it so I can't boot into fbsd, which I use 99% of the time. Any suggestions on how to install win98 without wiping out the boot partition, or how to recreate the dual-boot menu? You can always boot from the FreeBSD installation CDROM and interrupt the loader at the `spinner' by pressing space. You should see something like: FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel boot: At the boot: prompt enter: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel and the CDROM loader will boot from your disk. Then, you can reinstall the FreeBSD boot manager on /dev/ad0 with: # boot0cfg -B /dev/ad0 - Giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: dual-boot question
Instead of installing w98, install w2k into a FAT32 partition. That way wine will have RW access to the partition and everything should work fine. All you have to do after you re-install is install a boot loader.. either the standard freebsd boot loader, the w2k boot loader, or even one that ive used before called 'smart boot manager'. SBM was quite good. configurable from the loader screen, installs from a dos boot disk. google for smart boot manager. --Shaun chip wiegand wrote: I have a box running fbsd/w2k but am considering replacing w2k with win98. There are problems with wine not being able to run apps on w2k partition properly, or at all. I realize if I install win98 it will wipe out my boot partition, thus making it so I can't boot into fbsd, which I use 99% of the time. Any suggestions on how to install win98 without wiping out the boot partition, or how to recreate the dual-boot menu? Thanks, Chip To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: dual-boot question
On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 22:44:06 -0800, chip wiegand [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a box running fbsd/w2k but am considering replacing w2k with win98. There are problems with wine not being able to run apps on w2k partition properly, or at all. I realize if I install win98 it will wipe out my boot partition, thus making it so I can't boot into fbsd, which I use 99% of the time. Any suggestions on how to install win98 without wiping out the boot partition, or how to recreate the dual-boot menu? Besides the other good suggestions that have been made, Grub might be something to look at re recreating a dual boot menu. -- Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
RE: dual-boot question
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jud Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 02:56 AM To: chip wiegand; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: dual-boot question On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 22:44:06 -0800, chip wiegand [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a box running fbsd/w2k but am considering replacing w2k with win98. There are problems with wine not being able to run apps on w2k partition properly, or at all. I realize if I install win98 it will wipe out my boot partition, thus making it so I can't boot into fbsd, which I use 99% of the time. Any suggestions on how to install win98 without wiping out the boot partition, or how to recreate the dual-boot menu? Yes, I seem to remember a setup switch to the Windows 98 Installation program that does not write to the MBR. But then again, I may be wrong. Just type d:\setup /?. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: dual-boot question
chip wiegand wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Any suggestions on how to install win98 without wiping out the boot partition, or how to recreate the dual-boot menu? 1) Use a utility to save a copy of your MBR to disk, and then restore it after the Win98 install. 2) Install Win98, and then use a pair of FreeBSD boot disks to access sysinstall and install the default boot manager. 2 is probably quicker, unless you've done something magical and bizzare with your MBR. - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com 901-1st Avenue North - Saskatoon, SK - S7K 1Y4 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-244-7037 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
