From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 6 0:24: 6 2003 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 5BC7737B401 for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 00:24:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp03.iprimus.com.au (smtp03.iprimus.com.au [210.50.30.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 713E343FBF for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 00:23:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jamesbuch@iprimus.com.au) Received: from smtp02.iprimus.net.au (210.50.76.70) by smtp03.iprimus.com.au (6.7.010) id 3E3E0A810009EC22 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 19:23:51 +1100 Received: from windows ([211.26.149.89]) by smtp02.iprimus.net.au with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); Thu, 6 Feb 2003 19:23:40 +1100 Message-ID: <007101c2cdb8$cb9aedc0$59951ad3@windows> From: "James Buchanan" To: "Alexey Babich" , References: <1172752628.20030206100445@Project.Od.Ua> Subject: Re: BSD Loader Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 19:21:49 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Feb 2003 08:23:40.0857 (UTC) FILETIME=[0E131290:01C2CDB9] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, Unfortunately I can't help you restore your BSD loader, but yes, Windows thinks it is going to be the only OS on a computer and doesn't support multiple OSes on the same machine, so it will always overwrite the MBR with its own crud. This is why you must always install Windows first. Then make partitions for your other OSes, and then let the BSD loader (or GRUB, LILO or whatever) boot BSD as well as Windows. I suggest you may be able to run the BSD installer in "fix" mode - to fix a broken installation. If not, then this feature is needed. Get some more advice before you experiment here, though. Sorry I couldn't be of anymore help. -- James ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alexey Babich" To: Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 7:04 PM Subject: BSD Loader > Congratulations, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, you have new mail! > > Please help me to restore BSD Loader (BTX), because when I install > Windows OS it brokes my MBR. > > bootinst.exe in tools/ on installation CD can't help me - it installs > loader with bugs (as F??) and can't detect right OS on my computer, > and only loader, installed during system installation, works with my > system correctly, but i can't restore it. > > Please, help... > > -- > Best regards, Alexey [http://alexey.od.ua] [http://hotlap.f1gp.ru] > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message