Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 20:42:14 -0800 From: James Long <list@museum.rain.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> Subject: Re: MBR blown away Message-ID: <20060212044214.GA33920@ns.museum.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <20060211094330.B415516A443@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20060211094330.B415516A443@hub.freebsd.org>
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> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 21:19:07 -0500 (EST) > From: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> > Subject: MBR blown away > To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Message-ID: <20060211021907.59503.qmail@web60014.mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > I need help. > > I added a slice to a single hard drive dual-boot (windows) system and now > I guess that scrambled my MBR. I get three options from the FreeBSD (5.4) > boot manager: > > 1. DOS > 2. FreeBSD > 3. FreeBSD > > I can boot to FreeBSD (the new slice is fine) by choosing option 3 but the > windows/dos option is fried. > > My current strategy is to use boot0cfg: > > # boot0cfg -B > > But I'm a little squeemish. I don't want to be locked out of FreeBSD (I > barely use Windows but I still would like it back for Visio). Any > guidance? Start by making a full backup of your FreeBSD installation. Then you'll feel less squeamish about whatever you do next. Jim
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