From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 21 2:14: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from merlins.force9.net (merlins.force9.net [195.166.128.23]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2420814C8B for ; Thu, 21 Oct 1999 02:13:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from banta@ghulam.force9.co.uk) Received: (qmail 20378 invoked from network); 21 Oct 1999 09:13:55 -0000 Received: from mayfly.plus.net.uk (HELO mayfly.force9.net) (195.166.128.28) by merlins.force9.net with SMTP; 21 Oct 1999 09:13:55 -0000 Received: (qmail 1778 invoked from network); 21 Oct 1999 09:13:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ghulam) (212.56.110.27) by mayfly.plus.net.uk with SMTP; 21 Oct 1999 09:13:54 -0000 Message-ID: <000701bf1ba4$acf83f40$1b6e38d4@ghulam> From: "Ghulam Dastgir" To: Subject: FBSD no longer bootable Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 10:13:43 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0004_01BF1BAC.F42EDCE0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BF1BAC.F42EDCE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In short I can no longer boot my PC into FreeBSD. Previously I'd been = using FBSD happily as part of a dual boot system sharing the hard-disk = with Windows 95. The dual mechaninsm was provided by FBSD's booteasy = boot manager. The problem occured when Windows got corrupted and I had to reinstall = Windows. So now Windows is OK but I can't access the separate FBSD = partition, which I now still exists because the DOS fdisk utility still = shows it is there. but now fbsd appears before Windows on the harddrive, = or at least this is what dos fdisk says. Any ideas on how I can recover my fbsd. Is it because Windows has = overwritten the Master Boot Record? Or will it be the dreaded TOTAL = system reinstall? Thanks, Ghulam ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BF1BAC.F42EDCE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
In short I can no longer boot my PC = into=20 FreeBSD. Previously I'd been using FBSD happily as part of a dual boot = system=20 sharing the hard-disk with Windows 95. The dual mechaninsm was provided = by=20 FBSD's booteasy boot manager.
The problem occured when Windows got = corrupted=20 and I had to reinstall Windows. So now Windows is OK but I can't access = the=20 separate FBSD partition, which I now still exists because the DOS fdisk = utility=20 still shows it is there. but now fbsd appears before Windows on the = harddrive,=20 or at least this is what dos fdisk says.
Any ideas on how I can recover my = fbsd. Is it=20 because Windows has overwritten the Master Boot Record? Or will it be = the=20 dreaded TOTAL system reinstall?
 
Thanks,
Ghulam
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