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On 09/15/11 17:10, Brodey Dover wrote:
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On 9/15/2011 9:59 AM, Kris wrote:
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You can manually stamp the bsd bootloader if you like, just not
via the gui. Right click the background and bring up xterm to
runany comand you like.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Ken
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padding-left: 1ex;"> On 09/13/11 17:14, Sha'ul wrote:<br>
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padding-left: 1ex;"> Was selecting the boot loader for
installation taken out for installing along side other
OSes? I want to use the boot loader because I also have
OpenBSD installed. Is it only full disk installations now?<br>
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The option for installing the PCBSD bootloader was removed
from 9.0 because it interfered with currently installed boot
loaders (such as EasyBCD, GAG, and the windows bootloader)
and required some additional "magic" to reset your
bootloaders after installing PCBSD. However, this does -NOT-
mean that PCBSD is only for full-disk installations, you can
still dual (or more) boot with PCBSD by installing into a
specific primary partition. You will simply need to modify
your existing boot loader to include PCBSD afterwords.<br>
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If you do not have a bootloader (or simply want to use a
different one), I recommend GAG because it is simple and
easy to use, but there are many others that also work
without any problems.<br>
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I would like to know whether it is possible to use the FreeBSD
bootloader, if I installed it as my personal choice of a
bootloader. I might also need to know how, at least in general
terms.<br>
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In addition to that, I would like to know how/why/where the
FreeBSD bootloader that was installed with v8.2 which remained
after an install of v9.0beta1.0 on a second partition,
disappeared after installing v9.0beta2.0 on the first partition
while the second partition was a fresh install of v8.2? And when
I say 'partition' I mean in the sense of it being created
outside of BSD and would be recognized by Windows.<br>
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I can certainly explain better if necessary, since I tend to be
terse.<br>
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Thanks!<br>
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Speaking of dual boot. If anyone gets this working let me know. I
still only see one FULL partition in any order of
partitioning/installing (Win7 first = PC-BSD sees one unused
partition OR PC-BSD first and Win7 can't install on my hard drive
as it is greyed out).<br>
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Thanks,<br>
Brodey Dover<br>
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I dual boot with windows 7 on both my desktop and my laptop. I have
found it best to install win7 first, then use win7 or some other
partition manager to shrink the partitions and create a new primary
partition. PCBSD can then be installed onto the new primary
partition without any issues. After that you just need to install
and setup a boot loader so that both are seen.<br>
There is a nice section of the PCBSD handbook that covers using Win7
or some other programs to repartition your drive: Section 2.5. The
other thing to remember is that PCBSD needs a --primary-- partition
to install to, not a logical partition.<br>
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I hope this helps!<br>
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~~ Ken Moore ~~
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