Re: how to set up a dual boot system

2005-02-14 Thread Marty Landman
At 11:53 AM 2/14/2005, Jud wrote: You can use the FreeBSD boot loader, but simplest and easiest at this point is to download and install GAG, after which you'll be able to boot either OS with no further fiddling required. As always, though, your call. Afraid I never got the hang of making this wor

Re: how to set up a dual boot system

2005-02-14 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > Does this mean I should start over, installing fbsd first and setting aside > a slice on the first disk (second slice say) for windows? No, definitely not. > If I do that, will windows be able to format that second slice, i.e. will > it see it as a partition? No, that doesn't matter at al

Re: how to set up a dual boot system

2005-02-14 Thread Marty Landman
Does this mean I should start over, installing fbsd first and setting aside a slice on the first disk (second slice say) for windows? If I do that, will windows be able to format that second slice, i.e. will it see it as a partition? Marty At 10:20 AM 2/14/2005, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > I mu

Re: how to set up a dual boot system

2005-02-14 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > I must've goofed somehow. Left windows 98 on the primary master ide and > installed fbsd 5.2 on the other two ide's; installation seemed to go well, > and I installed the bootmgr on the first of the two ide's that fbsd is on. > However when I reboot from the hard drive go right into windows

Re: how to set up a dual boot system

2005-02-14 Thread Marty Landman
At 10:22 PM 2/13/2005, Thomas Foster wrote: Install the bootloader to sector 0 of the first drive in the system.. you can also use GRUB or GAG I don't see where that is an option. IOW I first installed windows 98 on the entire first ide - of three, 4 gb, 4 gb, & 6 gb. Then when I formatted for f

Re: how to set up a dual boot system

2005-02-13 Thread Thomas Foster
Install the bootloader to sector 0 of the first drive in the system.. you can also use GRUB or GAG T - Original Message - From: "Marty Landman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 5:53 PM Subject: how to set up a dual boot system I must've goofed somehow. Left wind

Re: how to set up a dual boot system

2005-02-13 Thread Roland Smith
On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 06:37:39PM -0500, Marty Landman wrote: > At 06:08 PM 2/13/2005, Roland Smith wrote: > >On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 05:40:13PM -0500, Marty Landman wrote: > >> I have a box with 3 ide's > >> > >> primary master - 4 gb, win 98 currently installed @ 150 mb in size That would be ad

Re: how to set up a dual boot system

2005-02-13 Thread Jud
Marty Landman wrote: At 06:08 PM 2/13/2005, Roland Smith wrote: On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 05:40:13PM -0500, Marty Landman wrote: > I have a box with 3 ide's > > primary master - 4 gb, win 98 currently installed @ 150 mb in size > > primary slave - 4 gb, empty > > secondary slave - 6 gb, empty You c

Re: how to set up a dual boot system

2005-02-13 Thread Marty Landman
At 06:08 PM 2/13/2005, Roland Smith wrote: On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 05:40:13PM -0500, Marty Landman wrote: > I have a box with 3 ide's > > primary master - 4 gb, win 98 currently installed @ 150 mb in size > > primary slave - 4 gb, empty > > secondary slave - 6 gb, empty You can install FreeBSD on

Re: how to set up a dual boot system

2005-02-13 Thread Roland Smith
On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 05:40:13PM -0500, Marty Landman wrote: > I have a box with 3 ide's > > primary master - 4 gb, win 98 currently installed @ 150 mb in size > > primary slave - 4 gb, empty > > secondary slave - 6 gb, empty > > Can I install fbsd (5.2) and set up dual booting from where I'm

Re: how to set up a dual boot system

2005-02-13 Thread Thomas Foster
As far as the size of the Windows Partition.. its up to you what your intended needs are. If you leave your configuration as is, you can install FreeBSD on the other driver(s) and use the FreeBSD bootloader, or even install GRUB from ports. I personally use the GAG bootloader and find that it s