Re: Dual boot from Primary Slave

2003-08-24 Thread Alexander Pohoyda 
OZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> do all that, but how in heck do I copy /boot/boot0
> from the FreeBSD hard drive over to the XP hard drive
> in the first place?

Over the network, for example. FTP it or send the file via email.
You could also write the file to any other media (floppy disk or
CompactFlash card) which has a filesystem understood by both OSes
(msdos FS, for example). Read `man mount_msdos' for more info.

In the end, it's only 512 bytes! Do
$ hexdump /boot/boot0
and write it down from the screen :-)

I hope this helps.

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Dual boot from Primary Slave

2003-08-22 Thread OZ 
Hi,

I'm trying to set up a dual boot system like so:

ad0 = Windows XP  (drive on primary master)
ad1 = FreeBSD  (drive on primary slave)

Both OS's are installed now and working fine.  But I
have to use GAG from a floppy to do the dual boot.  I
want to use the NT loader instead, so I don't scare
the machine's XP users.

The FAQ says I need to put a copy of /boot/boot0 into
the C: directory of XP and then rename to bootsect.bsd
and edit the boot.ini and add the line.  Well, once
it's bootsect.bsd, I know how to get into boot.ini and
do all that, but how in heck do I copy /boot/boot0
from the FreeBSD hard drive over to the XP hard drive
in the first place?

The FAQ says (with a very ominous warning) that I
can't just copy the /boot/boot0 from the CD, or the
machine will have a nervous breakdown.

There must be a command to use in FreeBSD, but the FAQ
conveniently sidesteps THAT issue.  I just can't find
it anywhere.  Help?  Please?

And if you KNOW the command, can you also explain what
its elements mean?  As a relative newbie, I find
FreeBSD's commands extremely cryptic.  Thanks!

OZ

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