From owner-freebsd-current Wed Feb 26 19:57:57 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A60A37B401 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 19:57:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta06ps.bigpond.com (mta06ps.bigpond.com [144.135.25.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C23243FA3 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 19:57:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from shogun70@roughedges.org) Received: from lorraine.roughedges.org ([144.135.25.78]) by mta06ps.bigpond.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15 mta06ps May 23 2002 23:53:28) with SMTP id HAY8CF00.7G1 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 13:57:51 +1000 Received: from CPE-144-137-100-222.nsw.bigpond.net.au ([144.137.100.222]) by psmam04bpa.bigpond.com(MailRouter V3.2g 98/51950); 27 Feb 2003 13:57:51 Received: from lorraine.roughedges.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lorraine.roughedges.org (8.12.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h1R42QNE035837 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 15:02:27 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from shogun70@roughedges.org) Received: (from shogun70@localhost) by lorraine.roughedges.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h1R42QUC035836; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 15:02:26 +1100 Message-Id: <200302270402.h1R42QUC035836@lorraine.roughedges.org> X-Authentication-Warning: lorraine.roughedges.org: shogun70 set sender to shogun70@roughedges.org using -f From: shogun70@bigpond.net.au To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22NTLDR=20missing=22?= after 5-RELEASE install Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 15:02:25 +1100 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have never emailed this list, and am only reading it to see how 5.0-RELEASE is shaping up. Sorry if I'm repeating stuff or commenting out of turn. This problem sounds like the one I've had on several occasions when repartitioning my HDD. My Windows2000 "boot.ini" invariably needs to be updated because the partition table has changed. (or at least what Windows thinks the partition table says has changed). That's why NTLDR is missing - Windows is looking at the wrong partition. The MS knowledge base article 102873 indicates that the boot.ini partition format is: multi(X)disk(Y)rdisk(Z)partition(W)\ From memory, you have to mess with partition(W) until you get the right partition. I've never done a systematic test to be more specific than this. I have always used FAT32 partitions so mounting the WinNT System partition (so that I can change boot.ini) is no problem. I have never used NTFS partitions so this might not be helpful for you. Maybe the Windows Emergency Boot Disk can help you out there???? You can search MS for other "boot.ini" articles. good-luck, SDH PS I seem to remember that I also had to delete "hiberfil.sys" from the WinNT system partition, but I can't remember what my theory for that was. Something to do with "boot.ini" being cached. I haven't systematically tested, but it works for me without resorting to Windows tools. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message