Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 22:23:42 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Stan Brown <stanb@netcom.com> Cc: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HELP! I broke my ulti boot machine :-( Message-ID: <20000612222342.A233@parish> In-Reply-To: <200006122008.NAA16724@netcom.com>; from stanb@netcom.com on Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 04:08:10PM -0400 References: <200006122008.NAA16724@netcom.com>
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On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 04:08:10PM -0400, Stan Brown wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a laptop that I use for work it has an 8G hard drive which I had
> partitions as follows:
>
> 2G Win 95
> 2G FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE
> 2G Win NT
> 2G FAT
>
> Up intill I started changing things, it worked as follows. When I
> booted I was Fresented with a menu that looked like this:
>
> F1 DOS
> F2 FreeBSD
> f3 DOS
> f$ DOS
>
> Now, actually only F1 and F2 really worked. F1 tooke mee to, what I
> think was the NT bootloader, where I could choose from NT, NT failsafe
> mode, and Windows (95).
>
> I decided that I really was not using the 95 for anything, and I was
> runing out of space for FreeBSD files. So I decided to remove the
> initial partion. I went inot /stand/sysinstall, and went to "Post
> Install". Then i visited bothe the Disk Label, and Disk Slice editor. I
> remeber that there was an inital 63block sector, then the above parts.
>
> At the moment I ahve the following:
>
> Part Mount Size Newfs Part Mount Size
> Newfs
> ---- ----- ---- ----- ---- ----- ----
> -----
> wd0s2a <none> 32MB *
> wd0s2b swap 73MB SWAP
> wd0s2e <none> 30MB *
> wd0s2f <none> 1858MB *
> wd0s3 <none> 1993MB DOS
> wd0s4 <none> 1779MB DOS
>
> As seen in the Disk label editor, and the following:
>
> DISK Geometry: 1058 cyls/240 heads/63 sectors = 15996960 sectors
>
> Offset Size End Name PType Desc Subtype
>
> 0 4188240 4188239 - 6 unused 0
> 4188240 4082400 8270639 wd0s2 3 freebsd 165 C
> 8270640 4082400 12353039 wd0s3 2 fat 6
> 12353040 3643920 15996959 wd0s4 2 fat 6 >
> 15996960 10080 16007039 - 6 unused 0 >
>
>
> As seen in the disk slice editor.
>
> If I reboot the machine I am presented with the following choices:
>
> F2 FreeBSD
> f3 DOS
> f$ DOS
>
> And can sucesfully boot inot FreeBSD (thanks heavens). However, I
> obviously have no way to get the NT partition.
>
> HELP, PLEAS! I need to be able to fix the ?boot loader? or MBR, or
> whatever the magic is that makes this work.
>
> I am pretty desperate, as this is my main work machine, and I do need
> to be able to access my NT stuff, because of work demnads.
>
I'm not sure how to repair this, but you can of course mount an NTFS
partition in FreeBSD. At least that will allow you to copy your data
off.
> If anyone can give me some guidance on how to fix this, I will be
> _very_ greatful!
>
>
>
>
> --
> Stan Brown stanb@netcom.com 404-996-6955
> Factory Automation Systems
> Atlanta Ga.
> --
> Look, look, see Windows 95. Buy, lemmings, buy!
> Pay no attention to that cliff ahead... Henry Spencer
> (c) 1998 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
>
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