Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 14:34:25 -0400 From: Chris Laverdure <dashevil@sympatico.ca> To: Mayo Jordanov <mayo@mayo.sk> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "NTLDR missing" after 5-RELEASE install Message-ID: <1096223664.665.2.camel@elemental.DashEvil> In-Reply-To: <1096223435.765.7.camel@einstein.local.nfy> References: <9F67035A-48C9-11D7-8C19-0030656DD690@foolishgames.com> <1046192310.3e5ba0b6aa039@sms.ed.ac.uk> <200409251446.30563.steve@howes-macnaghten.com> <1096223435.765.7.camel@einstein.local.nfy>
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I had this exact same issue, but it was predictable -- I gather that it happens to a lot of people, altough I'm not sure why it happens. I installed Windows XP. Installed FreeBSD. Windows was unable to boot. Boot Windows XP console fixboot Boot FreeBSD CD. Reinstall FreeBSD bootloader. Now I have have babies in either OS. :p On Sun, 2004-09-26 at 14:30, Mayo Jordanov wrote: > You could also try BootPart (http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm) which > should be able to either repair the nt loader or be able to figure out > what's on which partition and change your boot.ini appropriately. (At > least it used to be able to do that back when I used it) > > m > > > On Sat, 2004-09-25 at 06:46, Steve Hodgson wrote: > > On Tuesday 25 February 2003 16:58, Andrew Boothman wrote: > > > Quoting Lucas Holt <luke@foolishgames.com>: > > > > It probably is. You need to put in the win 2k CD and do a repair on > > > > your windows install.. unfortunetely this may screw up your freebsd > > > > install. > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, February 25, 2003, at 05:58 AM, Andrew Boothman wrote: > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > > > I've just installed 5-RELEASE, and I asked for the FreeBSD Boot > > > > > Manager to be installed on both my HDDs. > > > > > > > > > > When the machine boots I'm given options for : > > > > > > > > > > F1 - DOS > > > > > F5 - Drive 2 > > > > > > > > > > Hitting F5 takes me to a second menu, where I can boot FreeBSD no > > > > > problem. My problem is that Win2k will no longer boot.... Hitting F1 > > > > > displays a message that, "NTLDR is missing". I've tried all the repair > > > > > > > > > > options on the Win2k setup disc to no avail I think. > > > > > > > > > > I'm sorry this isn't directly FreeBSD related, but I really hope my > > > > > Win2k installation isn't hosed. > > > > > > Thanks for replying! > > > > > > I can't understand how the 5.x boot manager has managed to break my windows > > > boot, i've never had any trouble under 3.x or 4.x, both of which played > > > with windows perfectly nicely. > > > > > > I think i've tried all of the various repair options on the Win2k CD, > > > including getting it to do a fresh installation into a different folder > > > (c:\tempwin), but even that failed with the "NTLDR missing" message! > > > However you no longer get the booteasy (F1.... F2) menu anymore, so Windows > > > must have rewritten something. It still doesn't explain why Win2k still > > > won't boot. > > > > > > I'm running out of ideas and I *really* don't want to have to reformat my > > > windows drive! > > > > > > Other than this (fairly major) problem, my 5.0 installation went really > > > well, even ACPI seems to be working perfectly and I even found a KLD to > > > support my on- board sound card! :) > > > > > > I really want to get windows booting again so I can continue to play with > > > 5.0 without worrying... > > > > > > Any help is much appricated! > > > > > It could well be that windows has become confused about the partition > > numbering. the important file is c:\boot.ini. It will have a line like... > > > > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows" /fastdetect > > > > I can't recall what all the numbers mean and IIRC documentation is slightly > > scant, but try changing the numbers, in particular the partition() part and > > see if that helps. Since you can't boot windows its not obvious how to edit > > the file, recovery console or knoppix are the two methods i would try. > > > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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