Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 12:34:06 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: repear a FreeBSD install Message-ID: <466317AE.6020402@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20070603191700.GC66889@demeter.hydra> References: <20070603191700.GC66889@demeter.hydra>
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Chad Perrin wrote: > Someone I know tried installing Slackware on a Thinkpad R52 to create a > triple-boot system (MS Windows and FreeBSD 6.2 as the other two, already > present on the system). The Slackware install didn't get very far (the > installer is less than helpful -- wouldn't recognize a swap partition at > all), but apparently it got far enough to break the FreeBSD install. > > Any tips, hints, and suggestions about how exactly to go about fixing > the FreeBSD install (without overwriting the home partition and losing > the installed system configuration to minimize time lost getting things > back to "normal") would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Go to gag.sf.net, get and install the bootloader, boot up FreeBSD, login as root, run boot0cfg -B /dev/{drive_node} and reboot. Fixed (as long as the user didn't seriously hose the system). -Garrett
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