freebsd on 2nd drive?

[Tom Connolly]

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.  
> 
> Chris

That's the solution I finally decided on as well.  Now I have zero
problems.

Tom