Boot and MBR.

[HOLLOW, CHRISTOPHER]

You can also Grub it up:

http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
http://www.daemonnews.org/200102/grub.html


Grub is a popular and well-supported OSS boot loader....

HTH,

Chris



Jud wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:18:01 -0900, Mark Weisman <mark at mystic1.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> Just out of curiosity what is the order in creating a dual boot system?
>> Which operating system do you put on first? I see that having WinXP
>> setup in partitions is not a good idea, yet I'm not aware of how to load
>> the system in just a slice? I would appreciate any and all help in
>> trying to get this thing online. I need my workstation back as soon as
>> possible. Thanks.
>
> [snip]
>
>>> I've got my primary drive divided in two partitions, one partition had
>>
>>
>>> WindowsXP and the other has FreeBSD 5.1-Release on it. I had WindowsXP
>>
>>
>>> installed and working until I put FreeBSD on the second partition and
>>> had it take control of the MBR. I know that the other partition is
>>> still bootable if I can get a pointer to it, currently the boot menu
>>> shows it
>>> as:
>>>   F!: ??
>>>   F2: FreeBSD
>>> How can I get that first menu choice to look at the installation on
>>
>> the
>>
>>> first partition as bootable? Making the machine a dual boot between
>>
>> the
>>
>>> two system?
>>
>
> First off, don't worry about slice vs partition - Jerry was just 
> telling  you those are the names used by FreeBSD and Windows, 
> respectively, for the  same thing.
>
> Second, how to get your dual boot going -
>
> 1. I think if you do what you've already done in FreeBSD (set the 
> Windows  slice/partition bootable) and then type "w" to write the 
> change, that  should work.
>
> If it doesn't, two other alternatives -
>
> 2. If you have a Win9x emergency boot/system floppy hanging around, 
> use  fdisk to set the Windows partition/slice active, then reboot; or
>
> 3. Install GAG, a free, easy and automagical boot loader.  <URL:  
> http://gag.sourceforge.net/>.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Jud
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Toronto, ON