freebsd on 2nd drive?

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On Wednesday 29 December 2004 22:40, Haulmark, Chris wrote:
> Someone broke the silence:
> > I know this has been asked already, but it's a slightly different
> > problem. Let me explain my situation first: I'm 14 years old without
> > my own PC. I can't let the FreeBSD bootloader install on the first
> > drive (Windows XP), because my family is kinda...how should I put
> > it...n00bish. They would completely freak out at the sight of turning
> > on the computer and not seeing the XP startup screen.
> > I'm planning on installing FreeBSD 5.2.1 on the second hard drive in
> > this computer. I've read over the installation guide and don't see
> > anything useful about the bootloader being on the non-first drive. My
> > question is: can I install the FreeBSD bootloader on the second hard
> > drive and use something like GAG on a floppy to boot it?
> >
> > ice
>
> I just use the BIOS to change back and forth with the hard drives.  Just
> have to go into the habit of switching back to the first hard drive after a
> shutdown or reboot for your family.

One other thing you can do is put your bootloader of choice on the second 
drive; that way the bios can either boot to windows or to the loader. If you 
swap backward and forwards between OSs yourself, a proper loader is more 
convenient.