From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 11 16:40:56 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F75AA6 for ; Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:40:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bourne.identity@hotmail.com) Received: from blu0-omc4-s27.blu0.hotmail.com (blu0-omc4-s27.blu0.hotmail.com [65.55.111.166]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA7F08FC98 for ; Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:40:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from BLU0-SMTP452 ([65.55.111.137]) by blu0-omc4-s27.blu0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Sun, 11 Nov 2012 08:39:45 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [14.97.111.107] X-EIP: [nBjEUoFnnoqGnKRbcclU4v6lK6HbJwaw] X-Originating-Email: [bourne.identity@hotmail.com] Message-ID: Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([14.97.111.107]) by BLU0-SMTP452.blu0.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Sun, 11 Nov 2012 08:39:43 -0800 Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:09:09 +0530 From: Manish Jain User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120824 Thunderbird/15.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Facing a strange problem with Boot Manager References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Nov 2012 16:39:45.0146 (UTC) FILETIME=[2809A5A0:01CDC02B] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:40:56 -0000 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