Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 20:30:10 +0200 (CEST) From: "Michael C. Vergallen" <mvergall@mail.double-barrel.be> To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: After installing W95 bootmgr failed ... Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.981021202844.4287A-100000@ns.double-barrel.be> In-Reply-To: <199810171449.HAA14703@cwsys.cwsent.com>
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Hi, Thanks to all for their advice. I found the util in the tools dir off ftp.freebsd.org and it is simple enough. Michael --- Michael C. Vergallen A.k.A. Mad Mike, Sportstraat 28 http://www.double-barrel.be/mvergall/ B 9000 Gent ftp://ftp.double-barrel.be/pub/linux/ Belgium tel : 32-9-2227764 Fax : 32-9-2224976 On Sat, 17 Oct 1998, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group wrote: > You will need to reinstall the booteasy MBR. W95 performs an fdisk > /mbr during its install. Whenever possible, always install the MS O/S > first then non-MS O/S's. > > The Minix fdisk will save the MBR to a file. One could use it or save > the MBR using dd, install an MS O/S, and restore the MBR. > > > Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 > Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 > Open Systems Group Internet: cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca > ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca > Government of BC > > > However I've been able to boot freeBSD from slice 2 without a bootmgr by > > just switching the activated partition and then rerun sysinstall and all > > was okey again. > > > > Michael > > --- > > Michael C. Vergallen A.k.A. Mad Mike, > > Sportstraat 28 http://www.double-barrel.be/mvergall/ > > B 9000 Gent ftp://ftp.double-barrel.be/pub/linux/ > > Belgium tel : 32-9-2227764 Fax : 32-9-2224976 > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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