Fwd: Urgent FreeBSD Boot question!

[Daniel A.]

On 3/20/06, Benjamin Sher <delphi123 at zebra.net> wrote:
> Dear friends:
>
> I decided to go out and buy the latest issue of Linux Format with the
> FreeBSD 6 CD. I am very glad I did. FreeBSD is tough to install, but
> after spending several hours I finally succeeded in doing a perfect
> installation. ONE BIG PROBLEM: When I removed the CD and rebooted, I got
> into my Windows XP (I have two separate disks, one for Windows, one of
> FreeBSD). There was no way to get into FreeBSD. Naturally, I went into
> my BIOS and changed the boot sequence from CD to Hard Drive. That only
> caused my system to boot into Windows XP.
>
> I read the instructions about the FreeBSD Boot Manager. It said clearly
> that it should allow switching from one OS to another. But I did not see
> any configuration for that. How, may I ask, do I do this while
> installing FreeBSD? How do I change this configuration to guarantee that
> all my work won't go down the toilet and that when I reboot, I will see
> Lilo or whatever as a boot manager that will allow me to select either
> FreeBSD or Windows?
>
> I am looking forward to solving this and then to actually seeing FreeBSD
> for the first time.
>
> Thank you so much in advance.
>
> Benjamin
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In your BIOS, make changes so that the system boots from HDD1 instead of HDD0