Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 08:39:15 -0500 From: Gunter Wambaugh <unixgeek@six-two.net> To: e-mail for freebsd <freebsd@weruhl.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot loader Message-ID: <B809DAB7-160F-423D-9A57-82C478E75A20@six-two.net> In-Reply-To: <200507160653.j6G6r5D0086280@weruhl.com> References: <200507160653.j6G6r5D0086280@weruhl.com>
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On Jul 16, 2005, at 1:53 AM, e-mail for freebsd wrote: > Hi, > > I have installed FreeBSD 5.4 (from CD) onto a ThinkPad A21. I also > have > Win2Kpro on this laptop. FreeBSD is installed at about the 7G mark > on the > harddrive. > > I had 4.3 installed previously, and thought I would just start > over. Howver, > when the laptop boots, I get the f1 DOS f2 Freebsd prompt, but I > can't boot > FreeBSD. Win2K boots just fine. > > I tried a number of things: > 1) re-installing > 2) fixmbf (win2K utility to restore the mbr) > > With no success. Any words of wisdom would be welcome. > > Thanks! > > Mike > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > I had a similar problem last week. I had FreeBSD on the first partition and Gentoo on the second, and couldn't boot to Gentoo. I was able to resolve my issue by doing: $ boot0cfg -o packet ad4 Thats from memory, so viewing the boot0cfg man page would be a good idea. HTH
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