From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 21 15:18:43 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 759EE16A423 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:18:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) Received: from out4.smtp.messagingengine.com (out4.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E142743D73 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:18:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) Received: from imap6.internal (imap6.internal [10.202.2.137]) by frontend1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12FF2D41C53; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:18:34 -0500 (EST) Received: from frontend3.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.152]) by imap6.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:18:26 -0500 Received: by frontend3.messagingengine.com (Postfix, from userid 99) id D0CD474A; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:18:26 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <1142954306.17090.257155784@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Sasl-Enc: 6KDwP3fK6yMrLw38hR62Na44PZm7IBr4ELqbfKPaW0Jo 1142954306 From: "Jud" To: "Benjamin Sher" , "freebsd-questions" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME::Lite 5022 (F2.72; T1.15; A1.62; B3.04; Q3.03) References: <44201195.6040307@zebra.net> In-Reply-To: <44201195.6040307@zebra.net> Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:18:26 -0500 Cc: Subject: Re: Using boot manager with FreeBSD and Windows 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: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:18:43 -0000 On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:45:41 -0500, "Benjamin Sher" said: > Dear friends: > > [Dell 8200] > > First, my thanks to everyone who was kind enough to respond to my > problem booting up to FreeBSD 6. > > I did a complete, fresh install from the CD and made sure to also > configure the FreeBSD boot manager for MBR. Everything should be working > but I still can't boot up. > > So, I downloaded and installed OSL2000 (latest version: Nov, 2005). It > is supposed to boot up as many as 100 OS's. It lists all bootable media, > including Windows and FreeBSD. Windows boots up perfectly but when I > click on FreeBSD and try to boot it, I get a simple two word error > message: "Read error". > > I would appreciate your explanation and help. Is this a fatal error? How > do I solve this problem? > > Thank you so much. Use the Dell or (preferably) the hard drive manufacturer's utility to see if there are any problems with the hard drive on which you've installed FreeBSD. If the hard drive is OK, then re-configure FreeBSD with just a 'normal' MBR (i.e., do *not* choose the FreeBSD boot manager - OSL2000 is now doing that job - or to leave the MBR as is, since it's currently in an unbootable state). Now OSL2000 (or GAG, which will do the same job for free rather than having to spend $25 at the end of the OSL2000 trial period) should be able to boot FreeBSD. Jud