Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:46:13 -0400 From: Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net> To: Lionel <lionel.flandrin@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Restoring freeBSD boot loader Message-ID: <20080613224612.GA2267@shepherd> In-Reply-To: <86abhp6l25.fsf@simias.hd.free.fr> References: <86abhp6l25.fsf@simias.hd.free.fr>
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Lionel <lionel.flandrin@gmail.com> wrote: > I've had to install Windows XP in dual boot on a freeBSD box, and of > course it erased the bootloader to replace it with its own. Now I'd like > to restore the freeBSD bootloader. > > I've tried booting with the install CD and I use the fdisk utility to > mark the fbsd partition bootable and then said I wanted to install the > freeBSD bootloader, but I didn't know how to make it actually write the > changes to the disk. > > So... is it possible to restore the bootloader this way? Maybe I could > install lilo from a live CD but I don't want to install grub from > windows because I'll probably remove it soon, but I think lilo just > places itself in the boot segment so it should be fine. 3.8 in http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/install.html -- Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net>
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