Re: Dual boot problems

2007-02-14 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 12:04:57PM -0500, Jeff Palmer wrote: > > Do you really need to use Grub to replace the FreeBSD MBR? > >I haven't had my hands on Vista yet - in no hurry either - > >but I think it should boot Vista OK. I've use it for several > >other MS versions from Win-95 - Win 2K - X

Re: Dual boot problems

2007-02-14 Thread Jerry McAllister
Howdy, > Hello, > This weekend I purchased a laptop with a core2duo processor. The laptop > came with windows Vista premier. Due to some applications that I require, > removing Vista and installing FreeBSD is not an issue. (Please leave the > Vista/Microsoft flames at the door) > > When I install

Re: Dual boot problems (RESOLVED)

2007-02-14 Thread RW
On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:46:18 -0800 Garrett Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RW wrote: > > On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:51:52 -0500 (EST) > > "Questions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:44:03 -0500 (EST) > >>> "Questions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > Howev

Re: Dual boot problems (RESOLVED)

2007-02-13 Thread Garrett Cooper
RW wrote: On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:51:52 -0500 (EST) "Questions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:44:03 -0500 (EST) "Questions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: However, when I try FreeBSD/amd64, grub won't compile (it's architecture is forced to i386 only in the Makefile. I haven

Re: Dual boot problems (RESOLVED)

2007-02-13 Thread RW
On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:51:52 -0500 (EST) "Questions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:44:03 -0500 (EST) > > "Questions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> However, when I try FreeBSD/amd64, grub won't compile (it's > >> architecture is forced to i386 only in the Makefile

Re: Dual boot problems (RESOLVED)

2007-02-13 Thread Questions
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:44:03 -0500 (EST) > "Questions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> However, when I try FreeBSD/amd64, grub won't compile (it's >> architecture is forced to i386 only in the Makefile. I haven't dug >> into why, but I'm confident there is a reason. Obviously, grub >> becomes

Re: Dual boot problems

2007-02-13 Thread Questions
> On 2/13/07, Questions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> >> This weekend I purchased a laptop with a core2duo processor. The laptop >> came with windows Vista premier. Due to some applications that I >> require, >> removing Vista and installing FreeBSD is not an issue. (Please leave the >

Re: Dual boot problems

2007-02-13 Thread RW
On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:44:03 -0500 (EST) "Questions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, when I try FreeBSD/amd64, grub won't compile (it's > architecture is forced to i386 only in the Makefile. I haven't dug > into why, but I'm confident there is a reason. Obviously, grub > becomes a non-opt

Re: Dual boot problems

2007-02-13 Thread pete wright
On 2/13/07, Questions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, This weekend I purchased a laptop with a core2duo processor. The laptop came with windows Vista premier. Due to some applications that I require, removing Vista and installing FreeBSD is not an issue. (Please leave the Vista/Microsoft flam