Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 10:54:59 -0600 From: Henrik Hudson <rhavenn@rhavenn.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: John <john@starfire.mn.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD trashed after installing Win98SE in lower partition - what to do? Message-ID: <200501071054.59191.rhavenn@rhavenn.net> In-Reply-To: <20050107104237.B24947@starfire.mn.org> References: <20050107104237.B24947@starfire.mn.org>
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> The questions I'm going to get to and need answers for, based on the > details to follow are > 1) What did I do wrong(other than using an MS-operating system, that's > just a series of unfortunate events which are unavoidable)? As a rule of thumb don't install Windows AFTER a BSD / Linux. It really could care less about boot partitions. Windows2000 and XP you can modify the bootloader to load BSD, but I don't know about Win98. It's been a LONG time :) > 2) Do I have any viable options other than just reinstalling at > this point (in which case, I might as well just go with 5.3 > and be done with it)? Probably your partition is still there, it just doesn't know how to get to it. I don't remember the specifics, but you should be able to just rebuild the boot MBR. > 3) Will this happen again if I need to reinstall Win98se? What if > I install XP? Do I need to make any adjustments to my fdisk > partitions ward off problems in the future? In this day an age if you HAVE to have Windows, then XP is the only way to go. > 4) Is there any action I can take to help prevent others from > experiencing the pain I have just unwittingly inflicted on myself? Install Windows first and then BSD. If you have to install afterwards, the XP bootloader is pretty painless if you want to have a option to boot FreeBSD from it. Henrik -- Henrik Hudson rhavenn@rhavenn.net "There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot." -Unknown
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