Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 09:12:08 +0900 From: "lukek" <lukek@meibin.net> To: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "Jud" <judmarc@fastmail.fm> Subject: Re: Doh ! Installed FBSD5.0 and no more dual boot Message-ID: <001c01c327d2$70ad0af0$300aa8c0@yujo> References: <007501c3271d$26c5fbf0$080aa8c0@yujo> <oprp1522t80cf2rk@fastmail.fm>
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thanks for the advice but neither GAG, Grub or FreeBSD bootloaders work for me it would appear that NTLDR has either been damaged or cannot be found. I could not get to that installation at all. It is a bit problematic as I usually only re-install once a year and don't (of course) have a recent backup that will suffice. I think I will need to install Win2K onto a different partition and see if I can mount the old Win2K partition to recover the data before doing the proper full swipe and reload. Cheers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jud" <judmarc@fastmail.fm> To: "lukek" <lukek@meibin.net>; "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: 2003年6月1日 7:29 Subject: Re: Doh ! Installed FBSD5.0 and no more dual boot > On Sat, 31 May 2003 11:34:25 +0900, lukek <lukek@meibin.net> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I have done something pretty silly and not sure now how to recover. I > > installed 5.0 release on my desktop which was primarily a Win2k machine > > and > > now there is no option to dual boot. Well there is but when I choose the > > F1 > > ??? option instead of booting win2k is give me a message telling me that > > NTLDR cannot be found. > > > > Can anyone shed any light on a work around for this. I am truly stumped. > > > > Thanks > > > > LukeK > > Is Win2K on a different hard drive than FreeBSD? If so, then to use the > FreeBSD bootloader, you must install it on both drives. GAG, which has > been suggested, is a nice bootloader, and the FAQ on the FreeBSD web site > has some directions to boot both FreeBSD and Win using the NT/Win2K > bootloader. > > That's 3 options, should be enough to find a solution that works for you. > > Jud > >
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