From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 1 08:03:16 2003 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 0346137B431 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 08:03:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26C0743FAF for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 08:03:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from judmarc@earthlink.net) Received: from smtp.us2.messagingengine.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2CBE7655B; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 11:01:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 10.202.2.133 ([10.202.2.133] helo=smtp.us2.messagingengine.com) by messagingengine.com with SMTP; Fri, 01 Aug 2003 11:01:29 -0400 Received: by smtp.us2.messagingengine.com (Postfix, from userid 99) id 01B2E7564F; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 11:01:27 -0400 (EDT) Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME::Lite 1.2 (F2.71; T1.001; A1.51; B2.12; Q2.03) From: "Jud" To: "John DeStefano" , "James A. Coulter" , raster@rastersoft.com Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 11:01:27 -0400 X-Epoch: 1059750089 X-Sasl-enc: 6LGUilH638242OAJYyaCag References: <20030801140930.51373.qmail@web40605.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20030801140930.51373.qmail@web40605.mail.yahoo.com> Message-Id: <20030801150127.01B2E7564F@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com> cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Dual booting FreeBSD and Windows XP - PROBLEM 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: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 15:03:16 -0000 On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 07:09:30 -0700 (PDT), "John DeStefano" said: > "James A. Coulter" wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John DeStefano" > To: > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 11:17 AM > Subject: Re: Dual booting FreeBSD and Windows XP [snip] > GAG worked great on my Dell Inspirion 2650 FreeBSD - XP/setup, but when I > installed it on an old Gateway with Win98 - FreeBSD, it did something > funky. > > I get the GAG boot screen and regardless of whether I choose Win98 or > FreeBSD the system states it is starting Windows 98 and then, after > attempting to access the floppy drive, asks "Type the name of the Command > Interpreter (e.g., C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM)" and finishes with the A> > prompt. > > Entering C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM is not recoginized by the system (it > repeats > the request for the command interpreter) and inserting a floppy with > COMMAND.COM results in the system freezing. > > I tried booting from floppy, worked fine, but system will not recoginize > the > c: drive. > > Uninstalling GAG only removes the GAG start-up screen, system still asks > for > the command interpreter. > > Read the GAG instructions and FAQ - no luck. > > Anyone had a problem like this? Any suggestions on how to restore my hard > drive without losing any data? > > Thanks, > > Jim > > > I'm no guru, but this could be as simple as re-installing GAG, removing > all file systems from the menu, and starting from scratch to re-add your > OS selections (which will take all of a minute's time). This worked for > me once when I had a problem booting; something had changed on the disk > and GAG just needed to adjust to the change. Give it a try. > > Failing that... I don't know whether 98 has a 'repair install' option > like XP does, but if so, that might be a solution. Also might work to > let BSD write its boot menu to the MBR. Maybe someone else can chime in > with more info. > > ~John When you get to the A: prompt, type fdisk /mbr. If it gives you an error, start up the next time with a Windows restore floppy and try it again. That will restore your Win98 bootloader. Then you can try reinstalling GAG. If it doesn't work, you can try FreeBSD's bootloader, Grub (/usr/ports/sysutils/grub), or any of several other options. Since this isn't a GAG helpline ;-), future correspondence should probably be sent off-list. Jud