Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 14:07:32 +1000 From: Gautam Gopalakrishnan <thatha@gmail.com> To: Dancho Penev <dpenev@mnet.bg> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD (dual-boot) Message-ID: <a3ada2d104062621073c064d8d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20040626171145.GB900@freebsd.vmware.dpsca.bg> References: <a3ada2d104062607257df9e34e@mail.gmail.com> <20040626171145.GB900@freebsd.vmware.dpsca.bg>
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On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:11:45 +0300, Dancho Penev <dpenev@mnet.bg> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 12:25:24AM +1000, Gautam Gopalakrishnan wrote: > >I have a dual boot with Windows 2000 (ad0s1 is windows, ad0s2 is > >FreeBSD 5.2.1). I trashed a working dual-boot somehow. Now the > >problem is, I get the boot menu listing both Windows and FreeBSD, > >but only Windows boots (with F1). Pressing F2 for FreeBSD just > >gives a beep.I booted from the fixit cd and ran the commands seen > >in the handbook: > > > ># fdisk -B -b /hd/boot/boot0 /dev/ad0 > ># disklabel -B -b /hd/boot/boot0 /dev/ad0s2 > > For label use /boot/boot file, /boot/boot0 is for mbr. > > > > >/hd is the temporary directory I created to mount /dev/ad0s2a, > >so I guess my slice is still ok. Does not help! I even tried "disklabel -B /dev/ad0s2" because a diff between /hd/boot/boot and /boot/boot on the fixit yielded nothing. # disklabel /dev/ad0s2 lists the various partitions properly. I do have an MBR because I get a boot menu. Just can't get the MBR to talk to boot1 and boot2... Gautam
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