Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 09:03:56 -0700 (MST) From: vagner@WWW.TIMANDPATRICK.COM To: Peter Horst <peter.horst@gte.net> Cc: Freebsd-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Pre-newbie dual-boot Win98/FreeBSD3.2 w/Partition Magic & Bo Message-ID: <XFMail.990808090356.vagner@vagner.com> In-Reply-To: <NCBBLIEBPLAMBNDNAJMNOENBCAAA.peter.horst@gte.net>
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try os-bs thay say its "smarter"
i believe its in the tools directory.
osbs20b8.exe i believe
On 08-Aug-99 Peter Horst wrote:
> I've been attempting to install FreeBSD on a second primary partition (on an
> 8G drive) I created using Partition Magic 4.0. According to the PM
> diagnostics, both OSs are within the first 1024 cylinders. I have installed
> Boot Magic (bundled w/PM). Here's the problem:
>
> *When I set the newly created partition "active," and rebooted to the
> FreeBSD CDROM, I was able to complete the installation sequence just fine.
> In this case I chose not to install the FreeBSD boot manager, assuming Boot
> Magic would handle the MBR chores. With Boot Magic enabled, upon rebooting
> and attempting to access FreeBSD I got a "Read Error," and had to escape out
> to Win98.
>
> *When I installed FBSD for the *n*th time, now selecting the FBSD boot
> manager, I was able to shut down then reboot into FBSD no problem. But from
> Boot Easy I couldn't load Win98 (I am prompted incessantly to enter the
> filepath of the command line interpreter, and nothing I try has any effect.
> I used a BM boot diskette to rewrite the MBR (I think this is what was
> happening) just so I could get back to Win98. I should mention that by this
> point I had created a tiny FAT16 partition on the hard drive between Win98 &
> FBSD, following a tip in the installation documentation that perhaps this
> would make it easier for FBSD to correctly interpret the disk's physical
> geometry.
>
> It's as if FreeBSD's boot manager won't recognize Win98, while PM/BM won't
> recognize FreeBSD. I am afraid that if I uninstall BM completely I'll never
> get back to Win98...
>
> Does this question EVEN make sense? I've been reading the documentation but
> am obviously missing something...I hope someone can help...
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Date: 08-Aug-99
Time: 09:02:43
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