From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Mar 27 0:40:26 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C16EA37B71A for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 00:40:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rasputin@freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97] ident=root) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 14hp1Y-000Onv-00 for stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:40:20 +0100 Received: (from rasputin@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f2R8eKZ54632 for stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:40:20 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from rasputin) Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:40:20 +0100 From: Rasputin To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Oh Lordy (OT) Reinstall Bootloader? Message-ID: <20010327094020.A54586@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG OK, theoretical question. Suppose someone had lost their bootloader by stupidly trying to fix a Windows error by reinstalling..Windows. The drive is 8-odd Gb. 1st partition = physical 2|Gb with Win (hosed)/DOS (works).[0] 2nd partiton = extended; 1 windows partition and a screwed Linux install [1] 3rd partition = FreeBSD-4.3-BETA, split into four slices (/ , swap, /usr, /var) (unreachable but worked a treat before The Big Oops) All I have is a 4.0 install CD. Although I've had a look round ftp.freebsd.org, and found ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/tools/bootinst.exe which installs boot.bin by default (trouble is I have no idea what boot.bin is). Question: how do I reinstall (preferably) Booteasy from the install CD? Or failing that, boot the install CD's kernel with a root of /dev/ad0s3[2] until I find /? (Question 2 is obviously: 'How do I make a fixit floppy the second I get BSD back?') [0] - for very small values of work, obviously. [1] - although that one wasn't my^W the theoretical person's fault - BAD pkgtool! [2] - never having mastered the whole disklabel/'c is the whole disk' thing? Any answers *very* gratefully recieved... -- Rasputin Jack of All Trades :: Master of Nuns To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message