From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 3 19:34:09 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DC1C16A41F for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2007 19:34:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout5.cac.washington.edu (mxout5.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.135]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C54E13C44C for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2007 19:34:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.141] (may be forged)) by mxout5.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.05) with ESMTP id l53JY83v006246 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2007 12:34:08 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.45] (c-67-166-149-71.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.166.149.71]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l53JY8k2010850 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2007 12:34:08 -0700 Message-ID: <466317AE.6020402@u.washington.edu> Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 12:34:06 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions References: <20070603191700.GC66889@demeter.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20070603191700.GC66889@demeter.hydra> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.1.294258, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.1.298604, Antispam-Data: 2007.6.3.121509 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: repear a FreeBSD install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:34:09 -0000 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