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! Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:01:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 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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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 :)
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