From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 30 02:07:43 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 2860A16A4CE for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 02:07:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF09E43D48 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 02:07:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from subhro.kar@gmail.com) Received: by mproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 80so74186rnl for ; Sun, 29 Aug 2004 19:07:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.206.45 with SMTP id d45mr1190310rng; Sun, 29 Aug 2004 19:07:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.206.18 with HTTP; Sun, 29 Aug 2004 19:07:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 07:37:41 +0530 From: Subhro To: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" Subject: Re: recover HD boot mbr X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Subhro List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 02:07:43 -0000 What is your slicing, errr partitioning scheme? Regards S. On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 18:47:14 -0400, fbsd_user wrote: > I used an old ms/windows 98 PC to install 5.3 beta1 as a dual > bootable system. During the 5.3 install I created the boot manager. > After the basic install I was able to boot 5.3 but did not test boot > win98. I then did a 5.3 kernel recompile and booted the kernel. I > then tried to boot win98 by pressing F1 key and the boot process > just hangs. Rebooting and pressing F2 key for 5.3 also now hangs. > > Question = Is there any way to fix this problem without killing the > win98 partition? I was thinking of installing this weeks 5.3 beta2 > to see if that would correct the problem. Any suggestions sure would > help. > > Thanks > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Subhro Sankha Kar School of Information Technology Block AQ-13/1 Sector V ZIP 700091 India