Eduardo Morras <emorr...@yahoo.es> writes: > On Sat, 9 Mar 2013 12:07:41 -0800 (PST) > <leeoliveshackelf...@surewest.net> wrote: > >> Good afternoon, FreeBSD enthusiasts. Can FreeBSD 9.1 be installed on >> a computer on which Windows XP currently resides? If so, how can >> this installation be >done? In particular, is there a way to install >> 9.1 so that it can be booted from the traditional master boot record? >> It is important that, when I am done, I can >still boot to Windows >> XP, as I must run some applications not available on FreeBSD. If the >> idea I am proposing is not feasible with version 9.1, will it work >> with >8.3? Any comments are appreciated. If this question has >> already been asked many times before, please just let me know where >> to look to find the answer. Thanks. >Newbie502 > > > As an addon to other answers, you can install VirtualBox, create a > minimal hard disk with MBR boot menu that points to the WindowsXP > partition. This way you don't need to restart in WinXP. The same can > be done from WinXP side, a minimal hd with MBR boot menu to startup > the FreeBSD.
It is my understanding that FreeBSD doesn't allow using part of a disk, but grabs the entire disk. That means that VirtualBox can't use partitions on a disk that any other partitions are being used by anything else, including FreeBSD itself. Am I wrong about this? I use VirtualBox using vdmk for an entire disk, but I have never been able to share with anything else. -- Carl Johnson ca...@peak.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
