Re: boot menu (WinXp - freeBSD)
Efren Bravo wrote: Hi, For the interested, I solved the problem using this: http://gag.sourceforge.net it works ok Thanks a lot... Hi, Finally I could install fBSD, I had to upgrade the bios. My PC had WinXP on the fist partition and on the other one I installed fBSD, what do I have to write in the boot.ini(winXP) to choose which OS should be loaded? No idea. But if you install the FreeBSD boot manager then that will boot both XP and FreeBSD. Ah, forgot about that. Still requires a boot manager to be installed in the boot sector for any Linux distros IIRC, but it essentially takes care of everything else to a certain extent. -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: boot menu (WinXp - freeBSD)
Hi, For the interested, I solved the problem using this: http://gag.sourceforge.net it works ok Thanks a lot... >Hi, > >Finally I could install fBSD, I had to upgrade the bios. > >My PC had WinXP on the fist partition and on the other one I installed >fBSD, what do I have to write in the boot.ini(winXP) to choose which OS >should be loaded? > > >No idea. But if you install the FreeBSD boot manager then that will >boot both XP and FreeBSD. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: boot menu (WinXp - freeBSD)
On 8/23/05, Efren Bravo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Finally I could install fBSD, I had to upgrade the bios. > > My PC had WinXP on the fist partition and on the other one I installed > fBSD, what do I have to write in the boot.ini(winXP) to choose which OS > should be loaded? > > Thanks... > > This should explain it http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#NT-BOOTLOADER You can use fdisk to set the active partition to select which one boots until you have it working. - Bob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: boot menu (WinXp - freeBSD)
Efren Bravo wrote: Hi, Finally I could install fBSD, I had to upgrade the bios. My PC had WinXP on the fist partition and on the other one I installed fBSD, what do I have to write in the boot.ini(winXP) to choose which OS should be loaded? No idea. But if you install the FreeBSD boot manager then that will boot both XP and FreeBSD. --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
boot menu (WinXp - freeBSD)
Hi, Finally I could install fBSD, I had to upgrade the bios. My PC had WinXP on the fist partition and on the other one I installed fBSD, what do I have to write in the boot.ini(winXP) to choose which OS should be loaded? Thanks... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
