dual boot freebsd and win2k

   I got it and this is what I did, I am dense at times, I installed
   FreeBSD=   on the first partition with a second dos partition, I
   installed Win2K on the=   second partition ---> rebooted with
   FreeBSD install disk ---> Custom  install---->partition
   harddrive----> (it gets fun here) set the FreeBSD=   partition as
   Active ----> hit the 'W' key to force write the MBR --->  rebooted
   and now I have a choice of F1-- FreeBSD or F2 --DOS ---- Thank you
   all=   for your help.. I apologize for not putting a subject on
   my last post and will=   do better the next time.

    


   Ian Smith =  
     2/17/07 1:11:01 AM
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     Re: (no  subject)
   >I've always had success putting a DOS 'partition' as the first 
   slice
   >(ad0s1). In the old days (FreeBSD 2 & 3) this helped establish=  
   the
   >drive geometry for FreeBSD, and while this is no longer relevant,     it
   >assures that any version of DOS/win will see itself as on 'drive 
   C:'
   >
   >I've not used w2k (yet, but suspect I'll have to soon to  upgrade
   my
   >Thinkpad T23's BIOS), but have installed various DOS versions=  
   and Win98
   >in the first slice of several boxes without problems. Since (I=  
   gather)
   >you still have the freedom to experiment, I suggest trying  that.
   >
   >You're probably lucky if w2k will use fat32 rather than=   NTFS, in
   terms
   >of being able to access it read/write from FreeBSD.  Another
   option is
   >using a DOS 'extended' partition as say slice 2,  formatted fat32,
   for
   >common access from win and FreeBSD (and/or Linux ..)=  
   >
       > Thanks for all the  comments but I must not be doing something
   right!
       > Here's outline of the install process.
       > 1. Partition a single 40GB harddrive using FDISK and make the
   FreeBSD
       > partition Active
       > 2. Set the second partition as DOS fat ->> install Win2K in
   the Dos
       > partition ->> then doing the install I think it formats the DOS
       > partition to fat32 and overwrites the MBR for FreeBSD

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