Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 18:40:37 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Oleg Ogurok <oleg@ogurok.com> Cc: wilbert.v.vicencio@ac.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NT & FreeBSD Message-ID: <19990315184037.A259@marder-1.localhost> In-Reply-To: <000101be6f02$669f82a0$ba96d0d1@birch.ogurok.com>; from Oleg Ogurok on Mon, Mar 15, 1999 at 11:39:31AM -0500 References: <36ED29D9.1D868CA7@uk.radan.com> <000101be6f02$669f82a0$ba96d0d1@birch.ogurok.com>
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On Mon, Mar 15, 1999 at 11:39:31AM -0500, Oleg Ogurok wrote: > Hi there. > > The easiest way to fix it is to boot from Windows NT CD and chose "Repair". > NT's Repair is dumb. The last time I had this problem Repair said it couldn't find an installed NT!!. As C: was NTFS I had to d/l a utility from Powerquest's ( makers of Partition Magic) website to allow me to edit BOOT.INI. > > Oleg Ogurok > oleg@ogurok.com > http://www.ogurok.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Mark Ovens > Sent: Monday, March 15, 1999 10:40 AM > To: wilbert.v.vicencio@ac.com > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: NT & FreeBSD > > wilbert.v.vicencio@ac.com wrote: > > > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD on my laptop with an existing Windows NT > > workstation 4.0. I could get to boot FreeBSD, but when I try to boot NT > > itself, I get the message "missing or corrupt file: <winnt > > root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe" is this a bug or am I doing something wrong? > > Hope you could help me with this problem. Thanks. > > > > If you've altered the partition table (which you will have done > installing FreeBSD) the file C:\BOOT.INI will need changing. > > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation > Version 4.00" > ^ > ^ > The partition number will need changing, not necessarily just > increasing by one. Try editing it, one number at a time, or copy the > line several times and give each line a different partition number. > Try booting each option until it boots. > > HTH > > -- > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov > _______________________________________________________________ > Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK > CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry > mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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