Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 12:57:38 +0000 (GMT) From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com> To: Kerry Davis <kedavis@uswest.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install with DOS partition already in place Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010111256570.14486-100000@heorot.1nova.com> In-Reply-To: <0cc001c0348a$ad0326d0$0200000a@system>
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Some how, don't know how, but FreeBSD didn't quite install the MBR right. fdisk /mbr, then reinstalled Boot manager... works fine now... Rick Rick's FreeBSD Help Site! http://www.1nova.com/freebsd Ace Logan's Hardware Guide http://www.shatteredcrystal.net/hardware ***FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! http://www.freebsd.org On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Kerry Davis wrote: > Before or after installing BSD? > > Unless the BSD install screws with the boot sector for some reason, other > than installing its own Boot Manager, I don't see why it would matter. And > if I don't tell it to install the Boot Manager, how can I dual boot to > either OS? And if it does install the Boot Manager, and the Boot Manager > doesn't work - which seems to be the case, one way or another - then how > would replacing the MBR with the DOS version be an improvement? I'd end up > only being able to boot DOS on that system. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com> > To: Kerry Davis <kedavis@uswest.net> > Cc: questions@freebsd.org <questions@freebsd.org> > Date: Thursday, October 12, 2000 10:10 AM > Subject: Re: Install with DOS partition already in place > > > > > >> Can someone explain to me why the FreeBSD 4.1 install doesn't work > properly > >> if I already have a DOS partition in place? > > > > I just did the same thing last night to test. You have to do the > >good ol' fdisk /mbr from a DOS boot disk. > > > > Rick > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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