From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 7 09:56:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2ADF16A4CE for ; Wed, 7 Jan 2004 09:56:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from cpanel10.gzo.com (69-56-171-54.theplanet.com [69.56.171.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 540E843D46 for ; Wed, 7 Jan 2004 09:56:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dany_list@natzo.com) Received: from [12.146.133.135] (helo=natzo.com) by cpanel10.gzo.com with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.24) id 1AeHuk-0004sE-P6; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 11:56:19 -0600 Message-ID: <3FFC48E3.40102@natzo.com> Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 12:58:59 -0500 From: Dany User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031208 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dan Dan , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20040107153537.3991.qmail@web80802.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20040107153537.3991.qmail@web80802.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel10.gzo.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - natzo.com Subject: Re: windows killed my boot manager X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 17:56:24 -0000 I use Smart Boot Manager to boot my Windows and FreeBSD. If fits on the MBR of the first disk and allow ID swap as well as hidding. http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/ Dan Dan wrote: >I needed to reinstall Windows after a FreeBSD 5.x >install. I knew that I could reinstall the boot >manager from the CD. However, looking at the FAQ >http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/install.html#WIN95-DAMAGED-BOOT-MANAGER >to answer my question, the answers don't work for me: > >- if I try to run bootinst from within XP, it won't >let it access the MBR > >- I don't have a floppy drive. When I go through this >process on the CD, there's no (W)rite command in the >partition editor (which should actually be called a >slice editor, right?) When I exit, it asks if I want >to install the boot loader, but it doesn't do it. When >I try to commit my changes, it wants new partition >label, and asks be what packages to install > >- If I try to go to the fixit shell, I can't really >get a live filesystem. At least, not from the >installation CD. I know there's another FreeBSD live >CD project out there, but it's based on 4.x, and I'm >not sure if the boot loader has changed at all, >because I can't find a version history anywhere. > >So... What's the current (5.x) answer to this dilemma? > >Thanks, >Dan > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. >http://photos.yahoo.com/ >_______________________________________________ >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" > >