From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 13 18:05:51 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FDE516A420 for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:05:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6820A43D62 for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:05:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2) with ESMTP id k1DI5XiU025607; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 13:05:33 -0500 (EST) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2/Submit) id k1DI5X5v025606; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 13:05:33 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200602131805.k1DI5X5v025606@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: chris@chrismaness.com (Chris Maness) Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 13:05:33 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <43F0C6D4.1070207@chrismaness.com> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL7] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD & Windows Boot? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:05:51 -0000 > > If for what ever reason the FreeBSD boot loader does load windows, is > there a way to repair the windows boot sector? I remember trying this > in the past with ill results. Probably depends on what is wrong. Probably there is some MS utility that can repair it. Someone else will have to talk the MS stuff. Make sure you understand the different parts. Your terminology wanders a bit. The FreeBSD MBR and not the boot loader would be the only part that has anything to do with booting a Windos or any non FreeBSD OS. I think that is what you mean by boot loader though. The MBR only just recognized that the slice is bootable and reads in the boot sector and turns over control to it. It does nothing else with the Win sector or loader. ////jerry > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >