FreeBSD install corrupts neighboring partitions

[Raphaël Marmier]

Happened to me as well in the past. With Linux as well. I think I 
solved it by installing BSD first and then windows, I'm not sure though.

Raphael

Le Lundi, 8 sep 2003, à 05:25 Europe/Zurich, Dan Harrison a écrit :

>> I'm attempting to install FreeBSD 4.8 on a system which will boot it 
>> and also Windows 2000 Server. I've done this with two multiboot 
>> utilities: the simple boot manager that comes with FreeBSD and V 
>> Communications' System Commander.
>>
>> In both cases, I have found that when I install FreeBSD it corrupts 
>> neighboring NTFS and FAT partitions. After the install, the OSes in 
>> these partitions fail to boot or the partitions become entirely 
>> unreadable. Whether I tell FreeBSD not to install an MBR or whether I 
>> tell it to install its boot manager, the result is the same: 
>> Neighboring partitions are being corrupted to the point where one can 
>> not get to data on them.
>>
>> I realize that dual booting is not common, but I need to do it on 
>> this laptop. Has anyone else on the lists encountered this problem?
>
> Yes. I had it corrupt a copy of Win XP on a desktop I installed it on. 
> My solution, I'm sorry to say, was to get another hard drive and 
> re-install Windows on that. If I wanted to use windows, switch the 
> hard drives in the OS detect order in the BOIS. :\
>
> I don't know how practical it is on a laptop, but I wanted to tell you 
> that you are not alone.
>
> Good luck.
> -- 
> Signed,
> Dan Harrison
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