Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 12:34:06 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: repear a FreeBSD install Message-ID: <466317AE.6020402@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20070603191700.GC66889@demeter.hydra> References: <20070603191700.GC66889@demeter.hydra>
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Chad Perrin wrote:
> Someone I know tried installing Slackware on a Thinkpad R52 to create a
> triple-boot system (MS Windows and FreeBSD 6.2 as the other two, already
> present on the system). The Slackware install didn't get very far (the
> installer is less than helpful -- wouldn't recognize a swap partition at
> all), but apparently it got far enough to break the FreeBSD install.
>
> Any tips, hints, and suggestions about how exactly to go about fixing
> the FreeBSD install (without overwriting the home partition and losing
> the installed system configuration to minimize time lost getting things
> back to "normal") would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Go to gag.sf.net, get and install the bootloader, boot up FreeBSD, login
as root, run boot0cfg -B /dev/{drive_node} and reboot. Fixed (as long as
the user didn't seriously hose the system).
-Garrett
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