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Date:      Fri, 06 Dec 2002 00:33:07 +0100
From:      Dan Lukes <dan@obluda.cz>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Creating bootsector file for W2k boot menu
Message-ID:  <3DEFE233.2010007@obluda.cz>
In-Reply-To: <15854.32811.323124.889597_ultrahot.finland.sun.com@ns.sol.net>
References:  <15854.32811.323124.889597_ultrahot.finland.sun.com@ns.sol.net> <20021205142947.GB3654_gothmog.gr@ns.sol.net>

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keramida@ceid.upatras.gr wrote, On 12/05/02 17:06:

> On 2002-12-05 00:22, Tomi Vainio - Sun Finland -  wrote:
> > I've used Windows NT boot menu for years to boot FreeBSD from the
> > second disk on my machines.  I've used bootpart DOS program to do this
> > but now I can't find correct way to do FreeBSD boot block for it.
> > Earlier there was a diskid definition in some Makefile to change.  How
> > should I do this now?
>
...

> 	# dd if=/dev/ad0s1 of=/root/bsdboot.bin bs=512 count=1
>
> Then copy bsdboot.bin to a Windows partition, say in C:\BSDBOOT.BIN
> and add the following to the C:\BOOT.INI file:
>
> 	C:\BSDBOOT.BIN="FreeBSD on ad0s1"
>
> That should be all...


	Just use /boot/boot1 ( NOT /boot/boot0 !) instead of extracting this 
file by dd ...

					Dan


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