From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 20 14:22:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from blue.mpainc.com (proxy.mpainc.com [198.246.145.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46D3E14CB1 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 1999 14:22:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from RickSiple@mpainc.com) Received: by BLUE with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Tue, 20 Apr 1999 17:22:24 -0400 Message-ID: <8FCA4DE144C8D211A4D30090273D14196F14@BLUE> From: Rick Siple To: 'Mark Ovens' , Rick Siple Cc: "Questions (E-mail)" Subject: RE: Boot FreeBSD 3.x from NT boot loader Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 17:22:23 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I was looking for information of which file generated by compiling the code under /usr/src/sys/boot/i386 represented the boot blocks. The instructions I found on the web page said to use one of the files generated from compiling the source in /usr/src/sys/i386/boot/biosboot. Specifically using the file called boot.nohdr, the 2.2.x boot blocks. Your method, however, would work just as well. Although I was hoping for something using the cp command instead of the dd command, for novice users. cp seems to have less potential for damage than dd. Thanks again. I'll use your method and continue investigating. __________ Rick Siple ricksiple@mpainc.com -----Original Message----- From: Mark Ovens [mailto:marko@uk.radan.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 4:37 PM To: Rick Siple Cc: Questions (E-mail) Subject: Re: Boot FreeBSD 3.x from NT boot loader On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 04:05:12PM -0400, Rick Siple wrote: > 2) Updated instructions for using the NT boot loader. > The aforementioned instructions basically said to used the > boot.nohdr file generated by compiling the boot manager itself. Put this > file on the NTFS partition where the NT loader can find it and add an entry > for the file to the NT boot.ini. This is the same mechanism used to dual > boot NT/95 except instead of using boot.nohdr NT copies the standard MBR to > a file for use by the NT boot loader. So, which if any of the files under > /usr/src/sys/boot/i386 is the 3.x equivalent of the 2.2.x boot.nohdr. > I bounced question #2 off of the person who originally wrote the > instructions for 2.2.x, but he has not recently kept up with FreeBSD so was > not immediately able to answer the question. Perhaps this would be a better > question for the -stable mailing list. > > Thanks. > I'm not 100% sure what you're after here, but if you simply want to get FreeBSD booting off the NT boot menu again then just repeat what you did with 2.2 (assuming drive C: is mounted on /mnt). ``dd if=/dev/ of=/mnt/BOOTSECT.BSD bs=512 count=1'' You may have to boot FreeBSD from a floppy or the CD and select the Fixit option. I found I had to recreate C:\BOOTSECT.BSD after u/g 2.2.8->3.1. HTH > __________ > Rick Siple > ricksiple@mpainc.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message