Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 19:02:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Saccheen Martin <sach_anna@yahoo.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cannot see Windows after installing FreeBSD Message-ID: <20040926020223.20848.qmail@web40001.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <4155ABD5.20305@makeworld.com>
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Help! I still don't know what to type at the boot: prompt. > Saccheen Martin wrote: > > Hi Malcolm, > > Thank you so much for replying. I did what you > said > > and I got the following: > > > > F1 FreeBSD > > F5 Drive 1 > > > > When I press F5, I get: > > > > > >>>FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > > > > Default: 0:ad0(0,a)/boot/loader > > boot: _ > > > > What do I type at the boot: prompt to get windows? > > Thanks > > > > Saccheen > > > > > > > > --- Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> > wrote: > > > > > >>On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 03:18 pm, Saccheen Martin > wrote: > >> > >>>Hi, > >>> > >>>I am a newbie to FreeBSD. I have a Pentium 3, 5oo > >> > >>IBM > >> > >>>computer that I put two hard drives in. I added a > >> > >>4.3G > >> > >>>hard drive (master) and an 80G hard drive > (slave). > >>>Initially, windows XP was installed on both hard > >>>drives. > >>> > >>>Last night, I decided to install FreeBSD 4.10 on > >> > >>the > >> > >>>4.3G hard drive and keep windows on the 80G. > >> > >>Anyway, > >> > >>>after I installed FreeBSD, I couldn't gain any > >> > >>access > >> > >>>to Windows XP on the 80G hard drive. What > >> > >>happened? Do > >> > >>>I have to reinstall windows? Is there a way to > set > >> > >>the > >> > >>>BIOS so that I can boot from a particular > >> > >>operating > >> > >>>system? > >>> > >>>Also, a second question-I have tried to access > the > >>>BIOS by typing different combinations of Fs and > >>>ALT-CTRL-INS and I am unable to access my BIOS. > >> > >>Help! > >> > >>If you go back to the FreeBSD installation and > >>install > >>the boot manager on the MBR of the master you > should > >>get > >>a message offering F1 for FreeBSD or F5 for the > next > >>drive; > >>ie when you next boot. > >> > >>Malcolm > > In addition to the above, is there a way to "edit" > the boot menu? > > > -- > Best regards, > Chris > > Cleanliness is next to impossible. > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com
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