From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 3 17:02:59 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 0DF0716A4CE for ; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 17:02:59 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0E3743D45 for ; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 17:02:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gert.cuykens@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id a41so997167rng for ; Sun, 03 Apr 2005 10:02:58 -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=njyF7LO+N4dKdNOf/JUuBh3rd9EYrkbmb4P8hge4u6iAaWcpKZc/4uADCNGaoaacJ08U9gEJEcGdNWlbsPfHXAijzbnpvmwv+XzG47vN7nD//tTRCNXwOdjdPJOrdZ4xuRQsVA2vyJG/EVvisosp3P5vjgC8CXQlmSFYe67YbdI= Received: by 10.38.160.52 with SMTP id i52mr4433143rne; Sun, 03 Apr 2005 10:02:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.74.23 with HTTP; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 10:02:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 19:02:58 +0200 From: Gert Cuykens To: racerx@makeworld.com In-Reply-To: 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 17:02:59 -0000 On Apr 3, 2005 6:27 PM, Gert Cuykens wrote: > 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. > > > > 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 ? > I tryed disklabel -B /dev/ad1s2 it tels me partition a b c d: offset past unit and partition c doesnt start at 0 ?