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From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Paul=20Jansen?= <vlaero@yahoo.com.au>
Subject: Re: editing boot loader?
To: "Andresen,Jason R." <jandrese@mitre.org>
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Sorry I didn't mention I'm already using 4.1.
I've actually just done an 'fdisk /mbr' from dos to
clear my boot sector.  I then set my FreeBSD partition
to be bootable.  It says 'missing operating system'
when I try and boot from this partition though.
Surely I don't have to re-install?


--- "Andresen,Jason R." <jandrese@mitre.org> wrote: >
Paul Jansen wrote:
> > 
> > My boot loader no longer allows my to boot
> FreeBSD.  I
> > don't know how to fix this.
> > When I press 'F3' for FreeBSD it just beeps at me.
> > I've been able to verify that my FreeBSD partition
> is
> > alive and well.
> > 
> > I am looking for a little more informatino on the
> > FreeBSD boot process.  I would very much like to
> be
> > able to add a line to my NT emergency boot floppy
> that
> > enables me to boot FreeBSD also but have so far
> been
> > unsuccessful.
> 
> Are you trying to install FreeBSD 4.0 beyond about
> 8.5GB on the 
> drive?  If so you might want to consider upgrading
> to 4.1 or 
> 4-STABLE, which has the fix for this problem.
> 
> 
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