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#! rnews 2801 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!europa.clark.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cs.utexas.edu!atlantis.utmb.edu!news From: "Ernest C. Hymel" <ehymel@utmb.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2.1,Win95 and Win NT Date: 6 Jun 1997 16:58:29 GMT Organization: University of Texas Medical Branch Lines: 49 Message-ID: <01bc729a$70c092d0$27366d81@masscomp> References: <01bc713e$f6e75cc0$f3937dc2@ns.indigo.ie> <slrn5pd9oi.i3r.vibes@pc193.janco.sn.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: masscomp.utmb.edu X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1161 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42520 Jørn-Morten Innselset <vibes@hipdrome.org> wrote in article <slrn5pd9oi.i3r.vibes@pc193.janco.sn.no>... > On 5 Jun 1997 11:26:25 GMT, Ken Smith <merlyn@indigo.ie> wrote: > >Anyone know how to run BSD directly from the NT Bootloader ? I had it > >working linux but FreeBSD is different. I created a bootsect.bsd using the > >dd command but somehow I wouldn't work, I'm using an entire 1.6 > >drive(Secondary Slave IDE) for my BSD file system which works fine from > >it's own boot manager. I want to fdisk /mbr to remove the boot manager and > >add it to the boot loader. > > I believe you need to have /kernel (the whole root filesystem?) on the > same disk you are running the bootloader from for this to work. Definitely *not* true. Check out the FreeBSD FAQ at www.freebsd.org, I think section 6.6, titled "How can I use the NT loader to boot FreeBSD?" The approach noted there is straightforward, and relies on dd as you noted for Linux. The catch is that if FreeBSD is not on your first disk, you'll have to tell the FreeBSD boot routine where to look for your kernel *every* time, using the command sd(2,a) (assuming your kernel is on your 2nd scsi disk; you may have to change this as appropriate) when FreeBSD first starts up. This can get old if you do a lot of dual-booting. If you get tired of having to do that every time, then there is another way, slightly more advanced that involves editing /usr/src/sys/i386/boot/biosboot, but <insert usual warnings here>. Sorry, I don't remember the web address of the site I got this info from, and a quick search did not yield the information. Email me if you are interested in more details (ehymel at utmb.edu) since I did print hardcopies of those pages. In any case, the latter method is great since I can now use the NT boot loader to select from NT, Win95 (testing grounds), FreeBSD, or plain DOS with no hassles. -- Ernie Hymel > -- > http://www.bs.bi.no/people/jinnsels/ > vibes@hipdrome.org >