From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 3 19:41:50 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 49F0016A400 for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2007 19:41:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from host222.ipowerweb.com (host222.ipowerweb.com [66.235.210.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2AED513C46E for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2007 19:41:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 91191 invoked from network); 3 Jun 2007 19:38:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO demeter.hydra) (24.9.123.251) by host222.ipowerweb.com with SMTP; 3 Jun 2007 19:38:41 -0000 Received: from demeter.hydra (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l53Jfmtj067288 for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2007 13:41:48 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (from ren@localhost) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l53JfmeI067287 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 3 Jun 2007 13:41:48 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) X-Authentication-Warning: demeter.hydra: ren set sender to perrin@apotheon.com using -f Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 13:41:48 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20070603194148.GE66889@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <20070603191700.GC66889@demeter.hydra> <466317AE.6020402@u.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <466317AE.6020402@u.washington.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Subject: Re: repair 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 19:41:50 -0000 On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 12:34:06PM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote: > 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). Thanks. We'll give it a whirl. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Dr. Ron Paul: "Liberty has meaning only if we still believe in it when terrible things happen and a false government security blanket beckons."