Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 12:40:29 +1200 From: "Mark Ibell" <marki@paradise.net.nz> To: "Jon Cheng" <joncheng2000@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: how to add a slice to Boot Easy boot manager Message-ID: <005c01c11d47$3a92b060$0101a8c0@evileye> References: <000b01c11cc1$5dd94330$0200a8c0@joncheng> <002101c11cc0$a1080340$0101a8c0@evileye> <00ff01c11d0d$4a4aa1f0$0200a8c0@joncheng>
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I've highlighted your problem below: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Cheng" <joncheng2000@yahoo.com> To: "Mark Ibell" <marki@paradise.net.nz>; <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 5:45 AM Subject: Re: how to add a slice to Boot Easy boot manager > 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) This should read something like: sysid 6,(Primary DOS) In other words, you need to drop the partition and recreate it with MS-DOS fdisk as a primary. > 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 > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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