Quick Install Question

[Gayn Winters]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of 
> Daniel Goldberg
> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 8:14 AM
> To: freebsd-questions at FreeBSD.org
> Subject: Quick Install Question
> 
> 
> Dear FreeBSD-
>  
> I'm a FreeBSD 6.0 newbie and very excited.
>  
> Could you please by any chance answer the following basic install
> Question?
>  
>  
> What is the order of installing FreeBSD for a dual-boot XP environment
> on a single HDD using GAG
> (ie, which do I install first, which partition for each os, is there a
> resource for this answer published somewhere anyway???)

Welcome to FreeBSD!  By all means read the Handbook before going any
further.  Also, the FAQ's (both on freebsd.org) are very helpful to
newbies.  One very nice thing about FreeBSD is the huge number of
resources available on the web.  Google for them.

The quick answer to your question is install XP first, then FreeBSD.
The reason is that Windows is very impolite relative to coexisting with
other OS's, and it overwrites the MBR!

-gayn

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