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From: Saccheen Martin <sach_anna@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: cannot see Windows after installing FreeBSD
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Hi Malcolm, 
Thank you so much for replying. I did what you said
and I got the following:

F1 FreeBSD
F5 Drive 1

When I press F5, I get:

>>FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
Default: 0:ad0(0,a)/boot/loader
boot: _

What do I type at the boot: prompt to get windows?
Thanks

Saccheen



--- Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 03:18 pm, Saccheen Martin wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am a newbie to FreeBSD. I have a Pentium 3, 5oo
> IBM
> > computer that I put two hard drives in. I added a
> 4.3G
> > hard drive (master) and an 80G hard drive (slave).
> > Initially, windows XP was installed on both hard
> > drives.
> >
> > Last night, I decided to install FreeBSD 4.10 on
> the
> > 4.3G hard drive and keep windows on the 80G.
> Anyway,
> > after I installed FreeBSD, I couldn't gain any
> access
> > to Windows XP on the 80G hard drive. What
> happened? Do
> > I have to reinstall windows? Is there a way to set
> the
> > BIOS so that I can boot from a particular
> operating
> > system?
> >
> > Also, a second question-I have tried to access the
> > BIOS by typing different combinations of Fs and
> > ALT-CTRL-INS and I am unable to access my BIOS.
> Help!
> >
> 
> If you go back to the FreeBSD installation and
> install
> the boot manager on the MBR of the master you should
> get
> a message offering F1 for FreeBSD or F5 for the next
> drive;
> ie when you next boot.
> 
> Malcolm
> 
> 



		
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