I bought a new HP laptop. If FreeBSD supports the hardware, I would like to run FreeBSD as the main desktop OS. To make sure I'm comfortable with it, I would like to be able to dual-boot back to Windows 10. Are there any clean and simple instructions on how to do this yet or, as indicated in the post linked below, it is more of a hack?
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/...multi-boot-of-freebsd-11-1-by-accident.65506/
I've done a few searches and found some insanely long (20 minute) videos that claim to be successful. I've similarly found some written instructions that are very complicated (like performing a manual installation of FreeBSD). None of that looks at all promising.
I have already:
1) made a Windows install USB drive (and tested it) for recovery.
2) removed the on-disk recovery partition.
3) shrunk the windows partition down to less than half of the SSD.
4) Installed FreeBSD 11.1 along side using the amd64 memstick image.
So, is there a way to add the FreeBSD to the Windows boot manager? It's UEFI; I would think there was a way.
The system in question is a recent HP Pavilion laptop (no touch screen).
If FreeBSD doesn't work, I'll go with Ubuntu Linux. If that doesn't work, I'll stick with Windows 10.
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/...multi-boot-of-freebsd-11-1-by-accident.65506/
I've done a few searches and found some insanely long (20 minute) videos that claim to be successful. I've similarly found some written instructions that are very complicated (like performing a manual installation of FreeBSD). None of that looks at all promising.
I have already:
1) made a Windows install USB drive (and tested it) for recovery.
2) removed the on-disk recovery partition.
3) shrunk the windows partition down to less than half of the SSD.
4) Installed FreeBSD 11.1 along side using the amd64 memstick image.
So, is there a way to add the FreeBSD to the Windows boot manager? It's UEFI; I would think there was a way.
The system in question is a recent HP Pavilion laptop (no touch screen).
If FreeBSD doesn't work, I'll go with Ubuntu Linux. If that doesn't work, I'll stick with Windows 10.