Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 07:53:15 -0800 From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@soco.agilent.com> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "NTLDR missing" after 5-RELEASE install Message-ID: <200302261553.HAA06818@mina.soco.agilent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 25 Feb 2003 21:22:35 PST." <3E5C4F1B.30501@myrealbox.com>
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walt <wa1ter@myrealbox.com> wrote:
> For example, IIRC, I just went thru this myself (although it's all so routine
> now I can't even remember what I do to bail out anymore) when I installed XP
> on a brand new disk and then installed FBSD afterwards. I got the MBR screwed
> up just like you, then ran the XP install disk in "Repair" mode which got XP
> to boot again but overwrote the FBSD booter. So all I did was boot my trusty
> GRUB floppy and reinstalled GRUB on the MBR in about 60 seconds and -- done.
A better way is to *NOT* install any special boot loader, and just
use Win2K/XP's boot mechanism to switch between 2K/XP and FreeBSD. The
advantage here is that you don't have to touch the boot sector which, as
we've seen, can cause problems with some desktops/laptops.
For more information, see:
http://bsdatwork.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=3
(This is for the case where Windows & FreeBSD are on the
SAME drive.)
(Also read the OpenBSD section for additional WinXP
info.)
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#NT-BOOTLOADER
--
Darryl Okahata
darrylo@soco.agilent.com
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