From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 25 17:33:04 2004 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 BF8C016A4CE for ; Sat, 25 Sep 2004 17:33:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [198.92.228.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E3BC43D1D for ; Sat, 25 Sep 2004 17:33:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.com [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD3A962E1; Sat, 25 Sep 2004 12:33:03 -0500 (CDT) Received: from makeworld.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (makeworld.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 21776-04; Sat, 25 Sep 2004 12:33:00 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [198.92.228.34] (racerx.makeworld.com [198.92.228.34]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38FAD6294; Sat, 25 Sep 2004 12:32:57 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <4155ABD5.20305@makeworld.com> Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 12:33:09 -0500 From: Chris User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (X11/20040923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Saccheen Martin References: <20040925145329.776.qmail@web40002.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20040925145329.776.qmail@web40002.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV 0.75.1/amavisd-new-2.1.1 at makeworld.com - Isn't it ironic cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cannot see Windows after installing FreeBSD 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, 25 Sep 2004 17:33:04 -0000 Saccheen Martin wrote: > 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 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 In addition to the above, is there a way to "edit" the boot menu? -- Best regards, Chris Cleanliness is next to impossible.