Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 12:58:59 -0500 From: Dany <dany_list@natzo.com> To: Dan Dan <dan_spam_12345@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: windows killed my boot manager Message-ID: <3FFC48E3.40102@natzo.com> In-Reply-To: <20040107153537.3991.qmail@web80802.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040107153537.3991.qmail@web80802.mail.yahoo.com>
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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" > >
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