Dual boot WinXP and FreeBSD 5.3

[Tom Connolly]

Jud wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 16:44:28 -0700, Tom Connolly <tomc at cqg.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hello list.  I wish to put FreeBSD 5.3 on a new hard drive and have
>> it dual boot with the existing Windows XP system (separate HD).  Can
>> I just simply go through the FreeBSD install and have it install the
>> FreeBSD boot manager/loader on the XP drive?  I can't risk doing any
>> damage to the XP system as it has a thermal analyzer program on it
>> that won't run on FreeBSD (otherwise I would have no use for XP at
>> all).  I would like to know if there are any "gotchas" or anything
>> that could be a problem. I would really like to hear comments from
>> anyone who has set up such a system.
> 
> You can use the FreeBSD bootloader to boot both OSs (I believe you
> must install it on both drives).  Another nice (and easy) free
> bootloader/manager that I use to boot Win2K, FreeBSD, DragonFly and
> the occasional Linux is GAG - <URL: http://gag.sourceforge.net/>.
> 
> This thermal analyzer program has no counterpart/substitute in
> FreeBSD? 

I have not been able to find one but I would love to be proven wrong
here.
The program is called SIMBA and it works with an AutoCad engine.  Any
ideas?

Thanks for the info Jud.

Tom