Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 21:33:12 -0500 From: "Grant Peel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com> To: "Kurt Buff" <kurt.buff@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Boot Manager Message-ID: <FE989820C9A9409C9F3C950C293260D6@GRANTLAPTOP> In-Reply-To: <a9f4a3860901081723v75e5d53ds5d4cd5a275383e18@mail.gmail.com> References: <A52E216F2A494535806F4E9ED84D649D@GRANTLAPTOP> <a9f4a3860901081723v75e5d53ds5d4cd5a275383e18@mail.gmail.com>
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Can I use a windows install cd's "R" option to do the fdisk /mbr ? -Grant ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurt Buff" <kurt.buff@gmail.com> To: "Grant Peel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 8:23 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD Boot Manager > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Grant Peel <gpeel@thenetnow.com> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I was bored earlier tonight and I decided to tinker a bit with FreeBSD >> 6.4 on my Windows XP SP3 box. >> >> In that machine, there is one SATA drive. >> >> On that drive, there was about 100 GB of free space, so I decided to try >> putting FreeBSD 6.4 on it. >> >> During the install, I opted to use the Free BSD boot manage. The install >> went flawlessly. >> >> The problem is, when I boot up I get: >> >> F1 ?? >> F2 FreeBSD >> F5 Disk1 >> >> F2, is obviously, the new installation of FreeBSD 6.4, which boots >> perfectly. >> F5 is a spare SCSI disk connected to an Initio controller. >> >> F1 is the probelem. Windose no longer boots. When I select F2, I simply >> get the cursor on a new line, and nothing happens. >> >> Like this: >> >> F1 ?? >> F2 FreeBSD >> F5 Disk1 >> _ >> >> Any idea what I might need to do to make windows work again? >> >> It may be worth mentioning, I had Norton GoBack running on the disk >> before I installed FreeBSD, although I am not aware if it does anything >> to the booting system. >> >> All suggestions welcome, >> >> -Grant > > www.bootdisk.com > > Find a bootable floppy image there that includes a DOS fdisk, and > write it out to a floppy disk. > > Boot your machine with that floppy, and at the DOS prompt, type 'fdisk > /mbr' - it will write a standard boot sector, and Windows should boot > again. > > Of course, this will not allow you to boot to your new FreeBSD > installation, but with other folks' help, you can probably overcome > that - probably with GRUB, or another boot manager. > > Kurt > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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