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>> Currently=2C I have Win/XP in slice 1=2C no slice 2=2C Win 7 RC in slice=
3 and
>> Acronis' hidden part in slice 4. I have unallocated space after slice 1
>> (about 45gb) I wanted to use for FreeBSD.
>>
>> I told sysinstall to create a slice (in the unallocated space)=2C then c=
reate
>> FreeBSD partitions in it for /=2C paging=2C /usr=2C /var=2C /tmp & /home=
. I'm not
>> sure what I'm supposed to tell it about boot managers though? Right now
>> the MBR points to Acronis' recovery slice=2C which boots to Win 7's boot
>> manager=2C it defaults to Win/XP. When I said do nothing sysinstall mark=
ed
>> the new slice bootable=2C and FreeBSD does boot to a text menu with Beas=
tie
>> on it. But=2C that doesn't give access to the OS's in slice 1 and 3?
>
> The default Windows MBR will simply just boot the active slice. When you
> created your FreeBSD slice it was automatically marked active.
>
>> if I tell it to use the default boot manager=2C (booteasy?)=2C will it o=
ffer at
>> least access to what's currently in the master boot record & slice 2
>> (FreeBSD)? Or do I need a way to tell Win7's boot manager about FreeBSD =
in
>> slice 2?
>>
>
> boot0 (aka BootEasy) will ask you what slice to boot from. If you've alre=
ady
> installed FreeBSD you can replace your current MBR with:
>
> boot0cfg -B ad0
>
> Just make sure to replace ad0 with your actual hdd device name.
>
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Does boot0 use / save the existing MBR (there already is code in there to l=
ook
for an f11 key press then boot to Acronis's standalone restorer (It=20
looks like a tailored Linux :))=2C if not boot to 'active slice')?
=20
Does FreeBSD's slice / partition boot block have enough info to boot FreeBS=
D =20
if another boot manager selects it? Thinking I could possibly add FreeBSD's
slice to Win 7's list of target OS's? =20
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slice 1 is Win XP
slice 2 is FreeBSD (/=2C page=2C /usr=2C /var=2C /tmp & /home BSD partition=
s)
slice 3 is Win 7 RC
slice 4 is Acronis's hidden recovery setup =20
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It appears that the Acronis' MBR looks for an f11 key press=20
(if found boot Acronis=2C if not boot the 'active partition').=20
Active partition was Win 7's boot manager which had Win 7 and=20
Win XP as targets with Win XP as it's default).
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Acronis's standalone boot menu knows itself and Win 7's boot manager.
I'm guessing whatever wrote the MBR saved the old boot code=2C
so it could use it as an alternate target=2C (if one hit the
the trigger key by mistake).
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