From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Mar 26 05:29:49 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA08366 for doc-outgoing; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 05:29:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from ipl_server. (IPL_SERVER.IRD.RL.AF.MIL [128.132.193.125]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id FAA08361 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 05:29:46 -0800 (PST) From: daveb@mail.borg.com Received: from ipl_server by ipl_server. (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id IAA20570; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 08:31:42 -0500 Message-ID: <3339253E.5DFE@mail.borg.com> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 08:31:42 -0500 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4u) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: freeBSD install comments Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hello, Heres a couple of comments about the freebsd install of 2.1.7 I did last night. I tried to install from cd-rom without success. I got an error stating a file could not be found (XF86-CX.TGZ ??). I then attempted to install from a DOS partition. This seemed to work ok, until I got to the section about the boot manager. Looks like even though I selected Leave boot area alone, The install overwrote my Windows 95 boot stuff. I am able to "mount" my C drive, it looks like all windows directories and files are there and intact. My environment is like this: A 3.1 GB WD EIDE drive with a C partition (2GB) and a D partition (1GB). During the install, I deleted the D partition, and created a freebsd partition in its place. Could you give me some guidance as to how to get my Windows boot MGR back without having to re-install all of windows 95 and Apps ??? Thank You for your help Dave Barnum daveb@mail.borg.com