From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 31 15:29:23 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 D405537B401 for ; Sat, 31 May 2003 15:29:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.us2.messagingengine.com (ny2.fastmail.fm [66.111.4.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA21B43F3F for ; Sat, 31 May 2003 15:29:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) Received: from www.fastmail.fm (server1.internal [10.202.2.132]) by server2.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB1C2197C5; Sat, 31 May 2003 18:29:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 127.0.0.1 ([127.0.0.1] helo=www.fastmail.fm) by messagingengine.com with SMTP; Sat, 31 May 2003 18:29:18 -0400 X-Epoch: 1054420158 X-Sasl-enc: LdpErWn14HcYWi+ffjbIjg Received: from dialup-67.74.65.198.Dial1.Philadelphia1.Level3.net (dialup-67.74.65.198.Dial1.Philadelphia1.Level3.net [67.74.65.198]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD2E09612; Sat, 31 May 2003 18:29:14 -0400 (EDT) To: lukek , FreeBSD References: <007501c3271d$26c5fbf0$080aa8c0@yujo> Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed From: Jud MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 18:29:16 -0400 In-Reply-To: <007501c3271d$26c5fbf0$080aa8c0@yujo> User-Agent: Opera7.11/Win32 M2 build 2880 Subject: Re: Doh ! Installed FBSD5.0 and no more dual boot 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: Sat, 31 May 2003 22:29:24 -0000 On Sat, 31 May 2003 11:34:25 +0900, lukek wrote: > Hi, > I have done something pretty silly and not sure now how to recover. I > installed 5.0 release on my desktop which was primarily a Win2k machine > and > now there is no option to dual boot. Well there is but when I choose the > F1 > ??? option instead of booting win2k is give me a message telling me that > NTLDR cannot be found. > > Can anyone shed any light on a work around for this. I am truly stumped. > > Thanks > > LukeK Is Win2K on a different hard drive than FreeBSD? If so, then to use the FreeBSD bootloader, you must install it on both drives. GAG, which has been suggested, is a nice bootloader, and the FAQ on the FreeBSD web site has some directions to boot both FreeBSD and Win using the NT/Win2K bootloader. That's 3 options, should be enough to find a solution that works for you. Jud