Vista / FreeBSD dual boot

[Aryeh M. Friedman]

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Siraj Shaikh wrote:
> I have got a machine which came with Vista pre-installed. Now I
> would like to install FreeBSD on it, and so that I can dual boot
> between the two.
>
> The machine did come with a rescue CD which has an image of Vista
> on it. I tried installing FreeBSD (Vista was already installed),
> but then got a problem with the boot loader I think. I could boot
> to FreeBSD fine, but couldnt to Vista. So I have reimaged the
> machine with Vista now.
>
> How do I go about installing FreeBSD (6.3) on it now? Anyone has
> done this already please?

Here is the procedure I used:

1. With fdisk write down the exact parameters of your FreeBSD and
vista parition s(start/end/size)
2. Nuke all your partitions (vista insists on it)
3. Install vista (set the size equal to your vista partion [note it
*MUST* be the first partition on the first boot device])
4. Download and install ezbcd on vista
5. Use the rescue CD to create the freebsd partition again
6. Reboot in vista and use ezbcd to create the correct boot records.

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