Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 15:35:00 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Holling <myke@ees.com> To: Dan Strick <dan@math.berkeley.edu> Cc: mvergall@mail.double-barrel.be, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: After installing W95 bootmgr failed ... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9810161531250.350-100000@phluffy.lm.com> In-Reply-To: <199810161839.LAA06444@math.berkeley.edu>
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> > Subject: After installing W95 bootmgr failed ... > > > > However I've been able to boot freeBSD from slice 2 without a bootmgr by > > just switching the activated partition and then rerun sysinstall and all > > was okey again. > > W95 happens. > > I normally fix it by booting a FreeBSD installation floppy, > visiting the partition menu, issuing a "w" command without > changing any paritions, and accepting the booteasy option > when prompted. I guess this is the same thing. Win95 and NT overwrite the MBR. In the "tools" subdirectory of the FreeBSD FTP site (or cdrom), there's a program called bootinst.exe and a file called boot.bin. Grab these, then run bootinst.exe from dos to reinstall the FreeBSD boot manager. There's also an alternative boot manager in tools. - Mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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