Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 12:35:35 -0700 From: "george vagner" <george@vagner.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: reinstall boot manager Message-ID: <000a01c1cd21$c31e6b10$b3873f94@laptop>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C1CCE7.122D12A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable i have a 20 gb hard disk with win 2000 on primary partition of 10gb and freebsd 4.5 on secondary partition of 10gb. everything was working before i reinstalled win 2000 and it said it had to make my primary partition active in order to install so i said ok. I downloaded bootinst.exe and boot.bin from the website and reinstalled the boot manager but it fails to find the freebsd partition with the prompt f1 windows 2000 f2 freebsd f? pressing f2 results in a beep and then the prompt again something like boot0 comes to mind but i forget the exact command . i cant boot into freebsd to run the boot0 command and dont know if i = should anyway. i need some instructions on this one. thanks=20 george ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C1CCE7.122D12A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2713.1100" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>i have a 20 gb hard disk with win 2000 = on primary=20 partition</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>of 10gb and freebsd 4.5 on secondary = partition of=20 10gb.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>everything was working before i = reinstalled win=20 2000 and it</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>said it had to make my primary = partition active in=20 order to</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>install so i said ok. I downloaded = bootinst.exe and=20 boot.bin</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>from the website and reinstalled the = boot manager=20 but</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>it fails to find the freebsd partition = with the=20 prompt</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>f1 windows 2000</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>f2 freebsd</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>f?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>pressing f2 results in a beep and then = the prompt=20 again</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>something like boot0 comes to mind but = i forget the=20 exact</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>command .</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>i cant boot into freebsd to run the = boot0 command=20 and dont know if i should anyway.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>i need some instructions on this = one.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>thanks </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>george</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C1CCE7.122D12A0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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