Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 13:45:45 -0400 From: "Jon Cheng" <joncheng2000@yahoo.com> To: "Mark Ibell" <marki@paradise.net.nz>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: how to add a slice to Boot Easy boot manager Message-ID: <00ff01c11d0d$4a4aa1f0$0200a8c0@joncheng> References: <000b01c11cc1$5dd94330$0200a8c0@joncheng> <002101c11cc0$a1080340$0101a8c0@evileye>
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Actually, here is the fdisk output, sorry about posting the boot0cfg output.
I still don't know why it is not adding the "DOS" slice.
any help would be appreciated, thanks
-Jon
libretto# fdisk ad0
******* Working on device /dev/ad0 *******
parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are:
cylinders=789 heads=255 sectors/track=63 (16065 blks/cyl)
parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are:
cylinders=789 heads=255 sectors/track=63 (16065 blks/cyl)
Media sector size is 512
Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1
Information from DOS bootblock is:
The data for partition 1 is:
sysid 165,(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD)
start 63, size 5124672 (2502 Meg), flag 80 (active)
beg: cyl 0/ sector 1/ head 1;
end: cyl 318/ sector 63/ head 254
The data for partition 2 is:
sysid 15,(Extended DOS, LBA)
start 5124735, size 7405965 (3616 Meg), flag 0
beg: cyl 319/ sector 1/ head 0;
end: cyl 779/ sector 63/ head 254
The data for partition 3 is:
<UNUSED>
The data for partition 4 is:
<UNUSED>
libretto#
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Ibell" <marki@paradise.net.nz>
To: "Jon Cheng" <joncheng2000@yahoo.com>; <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 4:36 AM
Subject: Re: how to add a slice to Boot Easy boot manager
> Boot Easy should show up all "primary" partitions by default. You could
try
> reinstalling Boot Easy with a command like 'boot0cfg -Bv ad0'. Post the
> output of 'fdisk ad0' if you're still at a loss?
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jon Cheng" <joncheng2000@yahoo.com>
> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 8:42 PM
> Subject: Re: how to add a slice to Boot Easy boot manager
>
>
> > Hi,
> > Right now my boot manager only shows one slice, how do I make it give me
> > choice F2, where my win98 is?
> > I partitioned my 6 gig into two 3 gig partitions.
> >
> > I tried fiddling with boot0cfg but I don't know how it works.
> >
> > thanks for your help,
> > -Jon
> >
> >
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