Comments on: How To Dual Boot FreeBSD and Windows XP using GRUB http://www.ubergeek.co.uk/blog/2008/05/grub-freebsd-windowsxp/ A few thoughts and hopefully helpful howtos for the Open Source community! Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:06:51 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Randy http://www.ubergeek.co.uk/blog/2008/05/grub-freebsd-windowsxp/comment-page-1/#comment-10605 Randy Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:06:51 +0000 http://www.ubergeek.co.uk/blog/?p=5#comment-10605 Does FreeBSD do this automagically these days, or does this still have to be done manually? Does FreeBSD do this automagically these days, or does this still have to be done manually?

]]> By: Ted Mittelstaedt http://www.ubergeek.co.uk/blog/2008/05/grub-freebsd-windowsxp/comment-page-1/#comment-8105 Ted Mittelstaedt Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:06:24 +0000 http://www.ubergeek.co.uk/blog/?p=5#comment-8105 One more update, The plppart32 program works fine but you have to run it twice, once to remove the active flag from the windows partition and the second time to add the active flag to the FreeBSD partition. Also under FreeBSD the command is fdisk -a not fdisk -B, and also you must run the sysctl kern.geom command to set the MBR writable. One more update,

The plppart32 program works fine but you have to run it twice, once to remove the active flag from the windows partition and the second time to add the active flag to the FreeBSD partition.

Also under FreeBSD the command is

fdisk -a

not fdisk -B, and also you must run the sysctl kern.geom command to set the MBR writable.

]]> By: Ted Mittelstaedt http://www.ubergeek.co.uk/blog/2008/05/grub-freebsd-windowsxp/comment-page-1/#comment-8095 Ted Mittelstaedt Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:38:54 +0000 http://www.ubergeek.co.uk/blog/?p=5#comment-8095 Quick update to the last post: The Linux distro is PLoP, not PLoS The tool isnt' 3parted.exe it is plppart32 and it can be separately downloaded from http://www.plop.at/en/windowstools.html There's also a free trialware partition manager called Paragon partition Manager that while it has a lot of features disabled it does allow you to "set active" different partitions. Quick update to the last post:

The Linux distro is PLoP, not PLoS

The tool isnt’ 3parted.exe it is plppart32 and it can be separately downloaded
from http://www.plop.at/en/windowstools.html

There’s also a free trialware partition manager called Paragon partition Manager that while it has a lot of features disabled it does allow you to “set active” different partitions.

]]> By: argv http://www.ubergeek.co.uk/blog/2008/05/grub-freebsd-windowsxp/comment-page-1/#comment-3218 argv Sat, 16 May 2009 04:44:04 +0000 http://www.ubergeek.co.uk/blog/?p=5#comment-3218 If you know what which OS you will boot next... e.g. you work in BSD most of the time and boot to XP occasionally to do some things... there is another way. You simply move the boot flag (0x80) to the OS (partion) you want to boot. Each OS has it's own tool(s) to do this safely and quickly. e.g. BSD --> fdisk -B XP --> '3parted.exe' exefrom PLoS Linux site or tools from 'the starman' site Linux --> GNU fdisk or GNU parted This alternative method obviates the need for Grub and allows you to keep the Windows MBR unmolested. :) If you know what which OS you will boot next… e.g. you work in BSD most of the time and boot to XP occasionally to do some things… there is another way.

You simply move the boot flag (0×80) to the OS (partion) you want to boot.

Each OS has it’s own tool(s) to do this safely and quickly.

e.g.

BSD –> fdisk -B

XP –> ‘3parted.exe’ exefrom PLoS Linux site or tools from ‘the starman’ site

Linux –> GNU fdisk or GNU parted

This alternative method obviates the need for Grub and allows you to keep the Windows MBR unmolested. :)

]]> By: Sai Vinoba http://www.ubergeek.co.uk/blog/2008/05/grub-freebsd-windowsxp/comment-page-1/#comment-3170 Sai Vinoba Fri, 08 May 2009 07:29:57 +0000 http://www.ubergeek.co.uk/blog/?p=5#comment-3170 Hi Ubergeek, >> ... that FreeBSD is on the second partition (i.e. /dev/ad1s1) >> >> title FreeBSD root (hd0,1,a) >> Considering you have only one harddisk and two windows style (primary) partitions, if FreeBSD is on second partition or slice of that single harddisk, shouldn't it be /dev/ad0s2, instead of /dev/ad1s1? Your grub entry is correct. ad1s1 is first slice of second harddisk not second slice of first harddisk. Hi Ubergeek,
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… that FreeBSD is on the second partition (i.e. /dev/ad1s1)
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title FreeBSD
root (hd0,1,a)
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Considering you have only one harddisk and two windows style (primary) partitions, if FreeBSD is on second partition or slice of that single harddisk, shouldn’t it be /dev/ad0s2, instead of /dev/ad1s1? Your grub entry is correct. ad1s1 is first slice of second harddisk not second slice of first harddisk.

]]> By: Wirasto S. Karim http://www.ubergeek.co.uk/blog/2008/05/grub-freebsd-windowsxp/comment-page-1/#comment-3124 Wirasto S. Karim Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:07:39 +0000 http://www.ubergeek.co.uk/blog/?p=5#comment-3124 Nice article :) Thank's Nice article :)
Thank’s

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