11-09-2005
What option to select to dual boot with Xp?
I have had partitioned my disk into 3(20,15,45). First for WinXp,second for Unix and third for data. So today i reinstalled Xp without losing my data to first partition. Now I want to instsall Free BSD5. But when it comes to selecting bootmanger while installing it i don't know which option to select out of three that I can dual boot XP and UNix. Can you give me instruction that i can isntall Free BSD without losing my XP boot record and how to work with fdisk? Also before when it comes to fdisk partitioning a message says that your disks geometry is incorrect. What is disk geometry can i use G without worrying about dangerous result?
I have one disk partitioned into three and I want to install unix to second partition. Thanks in advance.
Last edited by sualcavab; 11-10-2005 at 03:33 AM..
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NAME
installgrub - install GRUB in a disk partition or a floppy
SYNOPSIS
/sbin/installgrub [-fm] stage1 stage2 raw-device
The installgrub command is an -only program. GRUB stands for GRand Unified Bootloader.
installgrub installs GRUB stage 1 and stage 2 files on the boot area of a disk partition. If you specify the -m option, installgrub
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The installgrub command accepts the following options:
-f
Suppresses interaction when overwriting the master boot sector.
-m
Installs GRUB stage1 on the master boot sector interactively.
The installgrub command accepts the following operands:
stage1
The name of the GRUB stage 1 file.
stage2
The name of the GRUB stage 2 file.
raw-device
The name of the device onto which GRUB code is to be installed. It must be a character device that is readable and writable. For disk
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Example 2: Installing GRUB on a Floppy
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