Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 13:37:21 -1000 From: Kent Hauser <kent@khauser.net> To: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, admin@cpcnw.co.uk Subject: Re: 7.2 Release kills my XP Dual Boot Message-ID: <6004effe0905291637q1499001ah4a27c300b8390945@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4ad871310905272235r55767c34rb0f5b6f7df7139a6@mail.gmail.com> References: <238275A7-7886-4532-A46C-ACB535DF16F7@khauser.net> <4ad871310905272235r55767c34rb0f5b6f7df7139a6@mail.gmail.com>
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Sorry I was less than clear.
I've been running XP + FreeBSD dual boot forever. After installing 7.2
(rebuilding from source), the XP partition wouldn't boot. When I selected
"F1" at the boot menu, the system just hung.
I booted from an old 6.2 install disk I had around & selected
"Custom/Partition" & used the hidden "W" command to write the partition
information & boot manager. I could then dual-boot XP / FreeBSD 7.2.
For fun, I tried "Custom/Partiion/Write" from the 7.2 DVD & it hung just
like the rebuild from source. Fixed again with 6.2 disk.
My conclusion is that 7.2 (or 7.1 -- I moved from 7.0) broke dual boot.
Any other thoughts?
Kent
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi, Kent
>
> You're going to need to provide a bit more detail on the problem.
>
> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:14 PM, KENT HAUSER <kent@khauser.net> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there any resolution to this? I had the same problem upgrading from
> 7.0
> > -> 7.2. I've been running FreeBSD dual-boot for over 10 years w/o this
> > problem in the past.
> >
> > I re-ran my fdisk script from an old 6.x boot disk & recovered the XP
> > partitions, but can't boot 7.2. Re-installing 7.2 kills XP.
> >
>
> XP doesn't show up in the bootloader?
>
> If you're running 7.X, why are you using a 6.X boot disk? That may be
> part of the problem.
>
> > My system disk has 3 partitions: ad0s2 is first (XP recovery). Next is
> ad0s1
> > (XP) followed by FreeBSD.
> >
>
> Do you see the FreeBSD booloader or Windows bootloader?
>
> Not that this fixes the problem, but have you tried installing GRUB?
>
> I personally have been dual-booting for the past year+, and haven't
> seen what you're describing (unless I overwrote my ${OTHER_OS}
> installation) -- are you sure the Windows install still exists?
>
> --
> Glen Barber
>
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