RH8.0, WinXP Pro, FreeBSD 4.8 Problem
Hi, i'm happy to say that i getting away from the dark side(MS).
Yesterday i decided to install RH8.0 on my box that has Win Xp Pro. i installed RH8 without any problem, it booted up with no problems or any kind of errors. I was looking for information in how to set up my modem in RH, since only Win Xp had access to the internet, and i remembered that i had a FreeBSD4.8 CD, and i installed FreeBSD too. But when the istallation was complete i booted up the computer and it only had to OS to boot from Win XP/RH , i couldn't boot up FreeBSD. I tried installing FreeBsd again an i did and since the first time i selected "None" in the part were it ask you if you want to create a boot manager, the second time i created a boot manager, when the boot manager was created at boot up time it apeared :
F1 ??
F2 Linux
F3 ??
F4 Freebsd
and i couldn't boot up the other OS not even FreeBSD.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
*This is the first time i come in contact with any Linux OS and FreeBsd
*This is also the first time i install any Linux Os and FreeBsd
*The partitions were made in 1 drive (C:)
*I don't have any kind of skills or knowledge with Linux OS's but i'm willing to learn.
----Another mistake that i made was that when i set up the FreeBsd Boot manager it didn't set an active partiton. Since the my box wouldn't boot i decided to insert my Win Xp CD to
re-install and i noticed that it had the repair option, i selected it and started copying the necesary files and when it reboot, nothing happend. :confused: i stared at my little box with floppys and i saw a Win 98 Boot up disk i booted up from the Floppy and Fdisk , Display Partition, and it gave me the message No active partition Set, i set my Win Xp partition as the Active partition, restarted the computer and it booted up to the Win Xp installation, but i already had lost my data--------(if at first i had inserted the win 98 boot up disk and set the Win xp partition as the active partition i would still have my files ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ) could some one explain this to me ???.
i Had to re-install Win Xp ,RH8 and FreeBsd 4.8, but i still have the same problem is the OS selection i only have Win XP and RH, and i think i need to re- install Win Xp.
Any comment, suggestions, good linux links to tutorials that had worked for any of you, that arent complicated for new Linux users.
I would really apreciate your help.