Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 14:04:49 +0530 From: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> To: Don Wilde <dwilde1@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: URGENT: Microsoft overwrites boot loader! Message-ID: <DB8PR06MB6442847D9E69748178DD08E7F67C0@DB8PR06MB6442.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> In-Reply-To: <ef61bfc2-097f-3c22-af30-67973e06ef28@gmail.com> References: <140a6398-f8ad-ecd6-2a6f-5ca28f570a64@gmail.com> <DB8PR06MB6442CA1318C8F938219AD7FBF67C0@DB8PR06MB6442.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> <ef61bfc2-097f-3c22-af30-67973e06ef28@gmail.com>
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On 2020-07-17 13:57, Don Wilde wrote: > > On 7/16/20 7:40 PM, Manish Jain wrote: >> >> >> On 2020-07-17 01:49, Don Wilde wrote: >>> The [deleted] ones in Redmond have done it again. My multi-OS GRUB2 >>> boot loader is gone, and in its place is a 500M partition called >>> 'Windows boot loader'. >>> >>> The purpose is to force us to look at MS' new version of Edge. All my >>> old boot files are gone. >>> >>> It's taken me much of the morning to get underneath this, since on >>> this unit my only OS (other than Doze 10) with a WM and GUI is Ubuntu. >>> >>> That's the last time I will allow this, and I'm calling those >>> [deleted]s tomorrow to give them a piece of my mind. After that I >>> will erase every vestige of that obscene OS from my disk. >>> >> >> If I understand correctly, it's just that your Grub boot-loader is gone. >> > Yes, exactly. > > >> That should not be much of a problem if your system is MBR+BIOS. >> > Unfortunately, it's GPT under EFI. I can access all my files through the > F12 key on this Dell tower, be it Windows, Linux or FreeBSD, but if I > allow it to boot with the Doze HDD in the system, it boots to that one. >> If your system is MBR+BIOS, the following should work. >> >> Boot with your FreeBSD CD/DVD/memstick, and write out boot0 to all >> your disks: >> >> boot0cfg -B /dev/<disk0> >> boot0cfg -B /dev/<disk1> >> boot0cfg -B /dev/<disk2> >> >> Next, boot with your Ubuntu CD/DVD/memstick, and write out Grub to >> your Ubuntu / partition. If Ubuntu / is /dev/sdb2 : >> >> sudo mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt >> sudo grub-install --force --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sdb2 >> >> Reboot. When booting Ubuntu the first time, first press 'e' at the >> Grub loader menu to edit the configuration, delete the complete if..fi >> block, check that your line beginning with 'linux' is accurate and >> then press F10. Once the system has booted, run 'sudo update-grub'. >> > I appreciate the good data, Manish. I'm going to make sure I've gotten > all my files off the Doze partition and then wipe it completely. FreeBSD > is going to be my primary host OS and I'll keep my other drive for > whatever flavors of Linux I need to work with for work. Based on what > I've hseen on these threads, MS is still saddled with a number of bad > legacy architectural choices as well as poor management choices, and > both of those contribute to the challenges the use of their OS brings. > > I simply won't accept any contract that requires me to work with > Windows. I've survived well enough without that skill set and I see no > problem going forward. > Hi Done, It is further my sincere suggestion to use MBR+BIOS. GPT+UEFI is problem-prone, with one of the problems being that you won't be able to boot FreeBSD. Regards, Manish Jain
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