From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 3 16:27:20 2005 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 BFC8D16A4CE for ; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 16:27:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EF2C43D2F for ; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 16:27:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gert.cuykens@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id a41so993715rng for ; Sun, 03 Apr 2005 09:27:19 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=hPnkF/sskf8Y94vTCDO4hAO0ZTlIiUobMvDZ80l2yMY1Bs27PoPsoE63IKNkzyY1Ni3biZFqezmBAU1IFPQ3o3lHFAhBwuN7gUQbQ6Tu5ylWU1Oun3t8vIe0rEcgxDp6yStWJzj9Ab8I34YPnJNeFH8mr1S4qArnu1GqDww+42I= Received: by 10.38.67.50 with SMTP id p50mr4509133rna; Sun, 03 Apr 2005 09:27:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.74.23 with HTTP; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 09:27:19 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 18:27:19 +0200 From: Gert Cuykens To: racerx@makeworld.com In-Reply-To: <424FED69.2030604@makeworld.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <424FED69.2030604@makeworld.com> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fdisk -B -b /boot/boot0 device X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Gert Cuykens List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 16:27:20 -0000 On Apr 3, 2005 3:19 PM, Chris wrote: > Gert Cuykens wrote: > > On Apr 3, 2005 7:22 AM, Gert Cuykens wrote: > > > >>On Mar 31, 2005 3:34 AM, Gert Cuykens wrote: > >> > >>>Is boot0 a bootmanager ? > >>> > >> > >>I booted cd2 went into fixit mode did > >> > >>mount /dev/ad1 /mnt > >>cd /mnt/boot > >>fdisk -B -b /dev/ad1 boot0 > >> > >>fdisk ask me to write boot record i said yes > >>fdisk ask me to write partition table i said no > >> > >>but i still dont have my freebsd bootmanager back and windows get loaded :( > >>what did i do wrong ? > >> > > > > > > i did it again but i answert 2 times yes now > > i have a boot manager this time but only f1 (windows) works when i > > press f2 nothing happens ? > > I believe the handbook covers dual booting. Please consider reading it a > few times - as I mentioned before, the Handbook will answer most of your > questions. > > In addition, search this list for "other" methods of doing dual boots > with Windows. It's been covered many times. > > -- > Best regards, > Chris > > Real programmers can do octal, hexadecimal and > binary math in their heads. > The manual says sysinstall menu... boot manager... done I already did that and it works fine but i want to learn how to do it in fixit mode with fdisk -B b /dev/ad1 /mnt/boot/boot0 Windows is booting fine when i did that but freebsd doesnt boot what did i forget to do ?