Re: Dual boot problems (RESOLVED)

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:44:03 -0500 (EST)
"Questions" <questions@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


However, when I try FreeBSD/amd64, grub won't compile (it's
architecture is forced to i386 only in the Makefile. I haven't dug
into why, but I'm confident there is a reason. Obviously, grub
becomes a non-option. Gag has the same limitation of being i386 only.


I'm not sure why gag is i386 only, all it does is install a binary
floppy disk ISO. You can also install it from many Linux live CDs. Once
it's installed it's independent of the original installation medium.
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To help anyone out who is also attempting to dualboot FreeBSD/amd64 and
Vista: here is what I did.

Install Vista first. Use the disk manager to create a partition (or
resize the partition) to make room for FreeBSD.

reboot, and install FreeBSD, installing a standard MBR (the machine will
reboot directly into FreeBSD)

After back into a fresh FreeBSD, do:
sysinstall > Configure > Distributions > lib32 (this installs 32bit
compatibility libraries.

Now fetch
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.2-release/Latest/grub.tbz
(yes, the i386 package)

pkg_add grub.tgz

It will now work in compatibility mode, and you can use it same as you
can with a native FreeBSD/i386.


Hope it helps someone!

- Jeff Palmer


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