From owner-freebsd-current Wed Feb 26 7:53:19 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FA8337B401 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 07:53:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from msgbas2x.cos.agilent.com (msgbas2x.cos.agilent.com [192.25.240.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E90C043FD7 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 07:53:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from darrylo@soco.agilent.com) Received: from relcos2.cos.agilent.com (relcos2.cos.agilent.com [130.29.152.237]) by msgbas2x.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A417E1752 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 08:53:16 -0700 (MST) Received: from mina.soco.agilent.com (mina.soco.agilent.com [141.121.54.157]) by relcos2.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50349446 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 08:53:16 -0700 (MST) Received: from mina.soco.agilent.com (darrylo@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mina.soco.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_25184)/8.9.3 SMKit7.1.1_Agilent) with ESMTP id HAA06818 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 07:53:15 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200302261553.HAA06818@mina.soco.agilent.com> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "NTLDR missing" after 5-RELEASE install Reply-To: Darryl Okahata In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 25 Feb 2003 21:22:35 PST." <3E5C4F1B.30501@myrealbox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 1.7) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 07:53:15 -0800 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG walt 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 DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Agilent Technologies, or of the little green men that have been following him all day. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message