Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 09:23:40 -0400 From: "Jesse D. Guardiani" <jesse@wingnet.net> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dual boot WXP + FreeBSD Message-ID: <bafuku$lje$1@main.gmane.org> References: <baec1s$g31$1@main.gmane.org> <200305210001.RAA21706@mina.soco.agilent.com>
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"Darryl Okahata" <darrylo@soco.agilent.com> wrote in message news:200305210001.RAA21706@mina.soco.agilent.com... > "Jesse D. Guardiani" <jesse@wingnet.net> wrote: > > > I've tried loading the fixit media and executing the following: > > > > mount /dev/ad0s1 /mnt > > > > But I get superblock errors. The darn thing won't mount. > > 1. Ummm, isn't slice 1 the WinXP partition? Yes. Slice 2 is FreeBSD and Slice 3 is the IBM recovery partition. I can't remember if they're numbered from 1 or 0 though. If they start at 0 then WinXP would be slice 0, FreeBSD would be slice 1, and the recovery partition would be slice 2. I was under the impression that /dev/ad0s1 was a FreeBSD slice. Perhaps I need to revisit FreeBSD's partition numbering scheme. I'll check this out and get back to you. > > 2. /boot/boot1 is pretty generic (IIRC). You should be able to use the > one from the recovery CDROM, assuming that the recovery CDROM is for > the same version of FreeBSD that you installed. Really? OK. I'll give that a try. > > -- > Darryl Okahata > darrylo@soco.agilent.com > > DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not > constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Agilent Technologies, or > of the little green men that have been following him all day. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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