From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Oct 17 07:50:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA18482 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 07:50:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (passer.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.110.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA18477 for ; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 07:50:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cy@cschuber.net.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.8/8.6.10) id HAA17350; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 07:49:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cschuber.net.gov.bc.ca(142.31.240.113), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpdy17348; Sat Oct 17 07:49:18 1998 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.8.8/8.6.10) id HAA14703; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 07:49:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199810171449.HAA14703@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdF14699; Sat Oct 17 07:49:09 1998 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 Reply-to: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-Sender: cy To: "Michael C. Vergallen" cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: After installing W95 bootmgr failed ... In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 16 Oct 1998 00:49:00 +0200." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 07:49:06 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You will need to reinstall the booteasy MBR. W95 performs an fdisk /mbr during its install. Whenever possible, always install the MS O/S first then non-MS O/S's. The Minix fdisk will save the MBR to a file. One could use it or save the MBR using dd, install an MS O/S, and restore the MBR. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Open Systems Group Internet: cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca Government of BC > 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. > > Michael > --- > Michael C. Vergallen A.k.A. Mad Mike, > Sportstraat 28 http://www.double-barrel.be/mvergall/ > B 9000 Gent ftp://ftp.double-barrel.be/pub/linux/ > Belgium tel : 32-9-2227764 Fax : 32-9-2224976 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message