Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 19:49:01 -0400 (EDT) From: rhh@ct.picker.com (Randall Hopper) To: alk@think.com (Tony Kimball) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: After installing FreeBSD 2.1, my computer won't boot Message-ID: <199608132349.TAA08727@elmer.picker.com> In-Reply-To: <199608130703.CAA08051@compound.Think.COM> from "Tony Kimball" at Aug 13, 96 02:03:07 am
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Tony Kimball: |Quoth Raf Schietekat on Mon, 5 August: |: How can I boot FreeBSD from NT's NTLDR (what to put in BOOT.INI)? Should I |: instead try Linux's multi-OS boot mechanism (I'm going to try that OS anyway)? | |I use ntldr with a boot.ini that runs bootsector code from germany |that boots to the BSD drive. I will dust-off/ plug-inmy WinNT drive |and find the bootsector generator and mail you a copy of my boot.ini, |if you specifically request. As for linux, I have a poor opinion of |the long-term maintenance cost of Linux and cannot recommend in favor |of it. Found some good docs today describing this technique. I don't run NT, but was talking with Raf off-line regarding the FreeBSD Multi-OS HOW-TO that Jay Richmond's putting together (http://www.in.net/~jayrich/doc/multios.html). Anyway, for others that are interested: http://www.dorsai.org/~dcl/publications/NTLDR_Hacking |: Is it safe to install FreeBSD and leave the boot record alone (*will* it be |: left alone, how will FreeBSD got booted)? Was this a unique problem for me |: (specifying booteasy messing up the entire boot), or should this be pursued |: further (whom to contact)? | |In my experience, installing FreeBSD always trashes everything. |The first, biggest readme should say prominently, Hmmm. I've installed various version of FreeBSD since 2.0 though the 9606129-SNAP and never had it whack my boot sector. OS/BS 2.0 is there from the original install, alive and kickin'. I just tell sysinstall not to install BootEasy and it obeys. |: PS: I unsubscribed from freebsd-questions@freebsd.org because it is swamping my |: e-mail in box. Hey, I hear you there. :-) This list and hackers were my original reasons for setting up auto-filtering on my mailbox. Pulls everything for this list out into a separate file which I can leaf through every couple days at my leisure. Makes it so painless that I'm on 35 mailing lists now, but anyway... Randall Hopper rhh@ct.picker.com
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