Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:11:45 +0300 From: Dancho Penev <dpenev@mnet.bg> To: Gautam Gopalakrishnan <thatha@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unable to boot FreeBSD (dual-boot) Message-ID: <20040626171145.GB900@freebsd.vmware.dpsca.bg> In-Reply-To: <a3ada2d104062607257df9e34e@mail.gmail.com> References: <a3ada2d104062607257df9e34e@mail.gmail.com>
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--2B/JsCI69OhZNC5r Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 12:25:24AM +1000, Gautam Gopalakrishnan wrote: >Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 00:25:24 +1000 >From: Gautam Gopalakrishnan <thatha@gmail.com> >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Unable to boot FreeBSD (dual-boot) > >Hi, Hello > >I have a dual boot with Windows 2000 (ad0s1 is windows, ad0s2 is >FreeBSD 5.2.1). I trashed a working dual-boot somehow. Now the >problem is, I get the boot menu listing both Windows and FreeBSD, >but only Windows boots (with F1). Pressing F2 for FreeBSD just >gives a beep.I booted from the fixit cd and ran the commands seen >in the handbook: > ># fdisk -B -b /hd/boot/boot0 /dev/ad0 ># disklabel -B -b /hd/boot/boot0 /dev/ad0s2 For label use /boot/boot file, /boot/boot0 is for mbr. > >/hd is the temporary directory I created to mount /dev/ad0s2a, >so I guess my slice is still ok. > >Please help! > >Thanks >Gautam >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" > --=20 Dancho Penev GnuPG public key: http://www.mnet.bg/~dpenev/gnupg.asc Key fingerprint: E88D 8B7B 3EF6 E9C8 C5D2 7554 2AA8 C347 71A1 4277 --2B/JsCI69OhZNC5r Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFA3a5RKqjDR3GhQncRAtTeAKCtYTPlxawuBMU0AE7sLk/Q9qC2nwCeJZwm qjjIUX1tRbku9ohhWysORfo= =2x2p -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2B/JsCI69OhZNC5r--
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