From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 27 10:09:08 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 247CC16A4CE for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 10:09:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from dm3cn8.bell.ca (dm3cn8.bell.ca [206.47.0.145]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8287C43D2F for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 10:09:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from christopher.hollow@cgi.com) Received: from 142.122.115.62dm3cn8.bell.ca with ESMTP (Tumbleweed MMS SMTP Relay (MMS v5.0)); Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:09:02 -0500 X-Server-Uuid: D4A4E604-913A-4A1B-8C07-2866D92AD410 Received: from cgi.com ([172.28.32.80]) by bt5c69.on.bell.ca (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15 BESI_Messaging_7 Apr 29 2002 13:22:02) with ESMTP id HTR93100.5CI; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:09:01 -0500 Message-ID: <403F871D.9000307@cgi.com> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:06:21 -0500 From: "HOLLOW, CHRISTOPHER" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Mark Weisman" References: <88EB08D16800D34EA145D7DD2AA44998E656@minnie.outland> In-Reply-To: <88EB08D16800D34EA145D7DD2AA44998E656@minnie.outland> X-WSS-ID: 6C2158341337918-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot and MBR. 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: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 18:09:08 -0000 Mark, You might want to try booting the box with a Win98 Rescuse disk and running 'fdisk /mbr'. This -should- re-window-ize the MBR. Then run fdisk from the prompt and set the Windows partition as active. Reboot and see if Windows boots normally. You will not see any indication of the existance of the BSD installation at this point. Should Windows come up okay, install Grub (or GAG if it suits your fancy) and you -should- be off and running. DISCLAIMER: The ^^^ -should- ^^^ is in there because I'm not entirely familiar with your environment and configuration. As always, when working with partitions, it is possible that you will lose one, both or all of the slices and installations on the box. If there is anything worth keeping, ensure you have it backed up... HTH, Chris Mark Weisman wrote: >I appreciate the ease of installation of Gag, however, my objectives >still not being met, when I boot into the Windows partition, I get an >error that shows little red squares in a diagonal pattern across the >screen. No Windows? > >Res Ipsa Loquitor, >Mark-Nathaniel Weisman >Site Master >Mystic1.net > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jud [mailto:judmarc@fastmail.fm] >Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 8:46 AM >To: HOLLOW, CHRISTOPHER; Mark Weisman >Cc: questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Boot and MBR. > > > >On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 10:50:03 -0500, "HOLLOW, CHRISTOPHER" > said: > > > >>Jud wrote: >> >> >[snip] > > >>>3. Install GAG, a free, easy and automagical boot loader. >>http://gag.sourceforge.net/>. >>> >>> > > > >>You can also Grub it up: >> >>http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ >>http://www.daemonnews.org/200102/grub.html >> >> >>Grub is a popular and well-supported OSS boot loader.... >> >> > >Absolutely. I've happily used Grub, but turned to GAG when I went to >RAID-0. > >Grub is an excellent bootloader and learning tool. The only reason I >didn't include it in my recommendations to the OP was that I figured >he'd be happier at this point with something very easy and automagic. > >Jud > > > > -- Christopher Hollow - Consultant Infrastructure & Technology Support Toronto, ON