From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 29 22:47:10 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from everest.wananchi.com (everest.wananchi.com [62.8.64.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2E6C37B401 for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2001 22:47:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from wash by everest.wananchi.com with local (Exim 3.31 #5) id 15R5sz-000A22-00; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 08:46:37 +0300 Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 08:46:37 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: john_kernel@usa.net Subject: Re: i cant boot other os Message-ID: <20010730084637.E47442@everest.wananchi.com> Mail-Followup-To: Odhiambo Washington , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, john_kernel@usa.net References: <20010729094639.22161.qmail@nwcst283.netaddress.usa.net> <20010730025829.56001.qmail@web14107.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20010730025829.56001.qmail@web14107.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.19i X-Disclaimer: My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my employer. X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386 X-Designation: Systems Administrator, Wananchi Online Ltd. X-Location: Nairobi, KE, East Africa. X-Uptime: 8:40AM up 9 days, 15:02, 1 user, load averages: 0.21, 0.22, 0.18 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * K. Greenwood [20010730 05:58]: writing on the subject 'Re: i cant boot other os' K.> Since no one else has responded yet, I may as well K.> take a stab at it. K.> K.> As you mentioned, instead of using the standard MBR I K.> would think you would want to go back into the install K.> (sysinstall) and either run through the entire install K.> again or do a custom install and install the FreeBSD K.> boot manager. Don't know if it will work after K.> installing BSD once, but it should be the option that K.> you want if you need a multiboot system. K.> K.> Hope it helps and good luck. If that is the case then I guess using the fixit stage may be the answer. Of course after doing man boot0cfg If he's allergic to man pages, then going to the archives and searching for "How can I reinstall MBR loader" will help. There's kinda a tutorial there. He may also just search for boot0cfg -Bv K.> K.> K.> --- john kernel wrote: K.> > john kernel wrote: K.> > i have succesfully instaled freebsd 4.2 into my K.> > hard drive, i have win 2000 K.> > profesioal in my partition active(C), but after i K.> > had installed freebsd, i K.> > cant boot,only freebsd i can run it, what should i K.> > do,,, K.> > before this i have choose STANDARD while K.> > instalaltion proccess for boot K.> > system (standard=use a standard mbr), K.> > K.> > what should i do, please help me K.> > K.> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org K.> > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of K.> > the message K.> > K.> > K.> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org K.> > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of K.> > the message K.> K.> K.> __________________________________________________ K.> Do You Yahoo!? K.> Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger K.> http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ K.> K.> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org K.> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington Wananchi Online Ltd., wash@wananchi.com 1st Flr Loita Hse. Tel: 254 2 313985 Loita Street., Fax: 254 2 313922 PO Box 10286,00100-NAIROBI,KE. A child does not have to be taught how to be happy or the ways of love. It is fear, hatred, and prejudice that have to be taught. And from the condition of the world we can see that unfortunately there are some very good teachers. -Javan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message