Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:09:09 +0530 From: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Facing a strange problem with Boot Manager Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP45249E0262007FD58CB7CF9F66E0@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <mailman.67.1352635202.25739.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> References: <mailman.67.1352635202.25739.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
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Hi, I have never had a problem with dual-booting Win XP and FreeBSD before. Generally, I install XP first and FreeBSD second, putting the Boot Manager to the MBR. Recently, my hard disk started wobbling and I had to replace it with a new Western Digital SATA drive. When all installation work finished, FreeBSD would boot when I press F2 but pressing F1 would fail to boot XP with the error : "A disk read error occurred. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot" Can anybody suggest what might be the problem and any possible solution ? For the current time, I reversed the installation order and installed FreeBSD first. I saved the FFS slice's boot sector on a USB pendrive and then installed XP. So, for the time being, I have to use the Windows bootloader to boot FreeBSD by adding an entry for it boot.ini My disk layout is as follows : ad8s1 - NTFS ad8s2 - FFS ad8s3 - Extended (with ad8s5/NTFS as the only logical drive within it) Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you & -- Regards, Manish Jain bourne.identity@hotmail.com
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