Date: Mon, 5 Aug 96 12:12:03 +0200 From: Raf Schietekat <flexus!rfschtkt@colds.ruca.ua.ac.be> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Subject: Re: After installing FreeBSD 2.1, my computer won't boot Message-ID: <9608051012.AA11060@flexus>
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>>>>> Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> on 1996-08-02: Boot DOS. Run FDISK. Set the active partition to something. Reboot. Be happy. :-) <<<<< Did that. Got DOS only. Non-essential: Today I reinstalled NT to get some work done, because NT setup's repair did nothing. Lost a lot of configuration stuff!!! (users, those stupid good-for-nothing program groups that you do need in the MS world). I'll still need to reinstall Service Pack 3 (with intermediate floppy juggling!), I'll probably have to reinstall all those programs for their program groups. Then there's this abominable tendency of putting non-OS files inside \winnt35-or-what-is-it: I bet I've lost those as well. Horrible. Question (for me): How can I boot FreeBSD from NT's NTLDR (what to put in BOOT.INI)? Should I instead try Linux's multi-OS boot mechanism (I'm going to try that OS anyway)? Question (for context, not really important): Where could I find a full description of the (E)IDE/FDISK issues that led to my problem (Greg Lehey's book for Walnut Creek is more like need-to-know, with provisions only for some problem situations)? And of the startup sequence for a PC? Question (for FreeBSD): Is it safe to install FreeBSD and leave the boot record alone (*will* it be left alone, how will FreeBSD got booted)? Was this a unique problem for me (specifying booteasy messing up the entire boot), or should this be pursued further (whom to contact)? Raf Schietekat, RfSchtkt@maze.ruca.ua.ac.be (NeXTmail), Flanders, Belgium If I don't answer: my mail relay can't handle !, % or .uucp, I think *** The year 2000 will be the last year of the 20th century. *** PS: I unsubscribed from freebsd-questions@freebsd.org because it is swamping my e-mail in box.
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