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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
> 
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