Re: [from newbies]: XP + FreeBSD
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 07 June 2004 20:49, Bill Moran wrote: > "clayton rollins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On June 6, 2004, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Hi, > > > > > >This has probably been answered before, but I was unable to find > > >explicit confirmation. > > > > > >The installation guide (2.5.3) states that "You now have the option to > > >install a boot manager. In general, you > > >should choose to install the FreeBSD boot manager if: Or you could try GAG : http://gag.sf.net. I'm using it here to boot a pc with win xp, freebsd and mandrake linux without any problems whatsoever. You can try it from floppy and if it works, install it on hard disk. Beni. > > >*You have more than one drive, and have installed FreeBSD onto a > > >drive other than the first one. > > >*You have installed FreeBSD alongside another operating system on > > >the same disk, and you want to choose whether to start FreeBSD or the > > >other operating system when you start the compute" > > > > > >Will installing FreeBSD's boot manager render my exisiting XP > > >installation inoperable? I have been down this route with Linux in the > > >past with the result that my NT partition was unusable after Linux > > >installation. > > > > Hi Dave, > > > > Freebsd-questions is the proper forum for questions; I'm sending my > > answer there as replying on newbies is against the charter. (Also, if I > > make a mistake, it'll get corrected here :).) > > > > You don't need to subscribe to the list; you should be CC'ed on any > > replies. > > > > As I understand it, the boot manager allows for one other OS to be > > bootable or for an OS to be booted which is not on the same drive as > > the MBR. > > > > It should not conflict with XP, afaik, and I've used XP and FreeBSD > > together in the past. > > > > As a cautionary note, though, I've seen others hang themselves with > > this. (I never figured out what they could have done wrong.) You should > > back up any data from the XP installation you wish to keep, to be safe. > > I want to just second this. I have a number of systems running both some > version of Windows and FreeBSD (including Win XP), so it does work. > > I also want to second the "back up first". I also have a few machines > running Fedora Linux and XP that work fine. The fact that you had > difficulty probably means that you did something wrong. It's pretty likely > that you'll have the opportunity to make the same mistake during the > FreeBSD install. > > My suggestion: > 1) Back up anything important on the XP machine before you start > 2) Contact your local Linux Users Group (or BSD users group, if you're > lucky enough to have one ... most LUGs have BSD geeks in attendance as > well) and find out when their next installfest is. This is a good > opportunity to take your computer down and have someone who has done it > help you out. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAxM8ON6gIF8UWpu0RAn3nAJ0S5B0j+zwxmBTlje1WeNGDL5e3EQCfcGpl soqt01CB4nEVarh1y9S15hI= =Xur0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: [from newbies]: XP + FreeBSD
"clayton rollins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On June 6, 2004, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Hi, > > > >This has probably been answered before, but I was unable to find > >explicit confirmation. > > > >The installation guide (2.5.3) states that "You now have the option to > >install a boot manager. In general, you > >should choose to install the FreeBSD boot manager if: > > > >*You have more than one drive, and have installed FreeBSD onto a > >drive other than the first one. > >*You have installed FreeBSD alongside another operating system on > >the same disk, and you want to choose whether to start FreeBSD or the > >other operating system when you start the compute" > > > >Will installing FreeBSD's boot manager render my exisiting XP > >installation inoperable? I have been down this route with Linux in the > >past with the result that my NT partition was unusable after Linux > >installation. > > Hi Dave, > > Freebsd-questions is the proper forum for questions; I'm sending my > answer there as replying on newbies is against the charter. (Also, if I > make a mistake, it'll get corrected here :).) > > You don't need to subscribe to the list; you should be CC'ed on any > replies. > > As I understand it, the boot manager allows for one other OS to be > bootable or for an OS to be booted which is not on the same drive as > the MBR. > > It should not conflict with XP, afaik, and I've used XP and FreeBSD > together in the past. > > As a cautionary note, though, I've seen others hang themselves with > this. (I never figured out what they could have done wrong.) You should > back up any data from the XP installation you wish to keep, to be safe. I want to just second this. I have a number of systems running both some version of Windows and FreeBSD (including Win XP), so it does work. I also want to second the "back up first". I also have a few machines running Fedora Linux and XP that work fine. The fact that you had difficulty probably means that you did something wrong. It's pretty likely that you'll have the opportunity to make the same mistake during the FreeBSD install. My suggestion: 1) Back up anything important on the XP machine before you start 2) Contact your local Linux Users Group (or BSD users group, if you're lucky enough to have one ... most LUGs have BSD geeks in attendance as well) and find out when their next installfest is. This is a good opportunity to take your computer down and have someone who has done it help you out. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: [from newbies]: XP + FreeBSD
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 17:59:59 + "clayton rollins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On June 6, 2004, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Hi, > > > >This has probably been answered before, but I was unable to find > >explicit confirmation. > > > >The installation guide (2.5.3) states that "You now have the option > >to install a boot manager. In general, you > >should choose to install the FreeBSD boot manager if: > > > >*You have more than one drive, and have installed FreeBSD onto a > >drive other than the first one. > >*You have installed FreeBSD alongside another operating system on > >the same disk, and you want to choose whether to start FreeBSD or the > >other operating system when you start the compute" > > > >Will installing FreeBSD's boot manager render my exisiting XP > >installation inoperable? I have been down this route with Linux in > >the past with the result that my NT partition was unusable after > >Linux installation. > > > >Many thanks, > > > >Dave. > > > > Hi Dave, > > Freebsd-questions is the proper forum for questions; I'm sending my > answer there as replying on newbies is against the charter. (Also, if > I make a mistake, it'll get corrected here :).) > > You don't need to subscribe to the list; you should be CC'ed on any > replies. > > As I understand it, the boot manager allows for one other OS to be > bootable or for an OS to be booted which is not on the same drive as > the MBR. > > It should not conflict with XP, afaik, and I've used XP and FreeBSD > together in the past. > > As a cautionary note, though, I've seen others hang themselves with > this. (I never figured out what they could have done wrong.) You > should back up any data from the XP installation you wish to keep, to > be safe. > > Regards, > Clayton The most common mistake I've seen is where users do not mark the XP partition as bootable during the partition creation step. I have never had dual booting problems as long as I: 1. marked both the XP and FreeBSD partitions as bootable; 2. installed the FreeBSD boot loader. As long as the user does not delete the XP partition (yikes!), the user can mark it as bootable using /stand/sysinstall after installation is complete. Best of luck, Andrew Gould ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
[from newbies]: XP + FreeBSD
On June 6, 2004, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, This has probably been answered before, but I was unable to find explicit confirmation. The installation guide (2.5.3) states that "You now have the option to install a boot manager. In general, you should choose to install the FreeBSD boot manager if: *You have more than one drive, and have installed FreeBSD onto a drive other than the first one. *You have installed FreeBSD alongside another operating system on the same disk, and you want to choose whether to start FreeBSD or the other operating system when you start the compute" Will installing FreeBSD's boot manager render my exisiting XP installation inoperable? I have been down this route with Linux in the past with the result that my NT partition was unusable after Linux installation. Many thanks, Dave. Hi Dave, Freebsd-questions is the proper forum for questions; I'm sending my answer there as replying on newbies is against the charter. (Also, if I make a mistake, it'll get corrected here :).) You don't need to subscribe to the list; you should be CC'ed on any replies. As I understand it, the boot manager allows for one other OS to be bootable or for an OS to be booted which is not on the same drive as the MBR. It should not conflict with XP, afaik, and I've used XP and FreeBSD together in the past. As a cautionary note, though, I've seen others hang themselves with this. (I never figured out what they could have done wrong.) You should back up any data from the XP installation you wish to keep, to be safe. Regards, Clayton _ Getting married? Find great tips, tools and the latest trends at MSN Life Events. http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=married ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
