From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 16 13:39:22 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 7534E16A41C for ; Sat, 16 Jul 2005 13:39:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from unixgeek@six-two.net) Received: from mxsf05.cluster1.charter.net (mxsf05.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09B2843D46 for ; Sat, 16 Jul 2005 13:39:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from unixgeek@six-two.net) Received: from mxip14a.cluster1.charter.net (mxip14a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.144]) by mxsf05.cluster1.charter.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j6GDdKCB002427 for ; Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:39:20 -0400 Received: from 68-119-105-238.dhcp.jcsn.tn.charter.com (HELO [192.168.1.102]) (68.119.105.238) by mxip14a.cluster1.charter.net with ESMTP; 16 Jul 2005 09:39:18 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="3.93,294,1115006400"; d="scan'208"; a="497497723:sNHT25698550" In-Reply-To: <200507160653.j6G6r5D0086280@weruhl.com> References: <200507160653.j6G6r5D0086280@weruhl.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v733) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Gunter Wambaugh Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 08:39:15 -0500 To: e-mail for freebsd X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.733) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot loader X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 13:39:22 -0000 On Jul 16, 2005, at 1:53 AM, e-mail for freebsd wrote: > Hi, > > I have installed FreeBSD 5.4 (from CD) onto a ThinkPad A21. I also > have > Win2Kpro on this laptop. FreeBSD is installed at about the 7G mark > on the > harddrive. > > I had 4.3 installed previously, and thought I would just start > over. Howver, > when the laptop boots, I get the f1 DOS f2 Freebsd prompt, but I > can't boot > FreeBSD. Win2K boots just fine. > > I tried a number of things: > 1) re-installing > 2) fixmbf (win2K utility to restore the mbr) > > With no success. Any words of wisdom would be welcome. > > Thanks! > > Mike > _______________________________________________ > 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" > > I had a similar problem last week. I had FreeBSD on the first partition and Gentoo on the second, and couldn't boot to Gentoo. I was able to resolve my issue by doing: $ boot0cfg -o packet ad4 Thats from memory, so viewing the boot0cfg man page would be a good idea. HTH