From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 9 02:33:37 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E06D106566B for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 02:33:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gpeel@thenetnow.com) Received: from thenetnow.com (constellation.thenetnow.com [65.39.193.155]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16A9E8FC12 for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 02:33:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gpeel@thenetnow.com) Received: from hpeel.ody.ca ([216.240.12.2] helo=GRANTLAPTOP) by constellation.thenetnow.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.63 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1LL7Bn-0002U0-PX; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:33:35 -0500 Message-ID: From: "Grant Peel" To: "Kurt Buff" References: In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 21:33:12 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6001.18000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6001.18049 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Boot Manager X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:33:37 -0000 Can I use a windows install cd's "R" option to do the fdisk /mbr ? -Grant ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurt Buff" To: "Grant Peel" Cc: Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 8:23 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD Boot Manager > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Grant Peel wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I was bored earlier tonight and I decided to tinker a bit with FreeBSD >> 6.4 on my Windows XP SP3 box. >> >> In that machine, there is one SATA drive. >> >> On that drive, there was about 100 GB of free space, so I decided to try >> putting FreeBSD 6.4 on it. >> >> During the install, I opted to use the Free BSD boot manage. The install >> went flawlessly. >> >> The problem is, when I boot up I get: >> >> F1 ?? >> F2 FreeBSD >> F5 Disk1 >> >> F2, is obviously, the new installation of FreeBSD 6.4, which boots >> perfectly. >> F5 is a spare SCSI disk connected to an Initio controller. >> >> F1 is the probelem. Windose no longer boots. When I select F2, I simply >> get the cursor on a new line, and nothing happens. >> >> Like this: >> >> F1 ?? >> F2 FreeBSD >> F5 Disk1 >> _ >> >> Any idea what I might need to do to make windows work again? >> >> It may be worth mentioning, I had Norton GoBack running on the disk >> before I installed FreeBSD, although I am not aware if it does anything >> to the booting system. >> >> All suggestions welcome, >> >> -Grant > > www.bootdisk.com > > Find a bootable floppy image there that includes a DOS fdisk, and > write it out to a floppy disk. > > Boot your machine with that floppy, and at the DOS prompt, type 'fdisk > /mbr' - it will write a standard boot sector, and Windows should boot > again. > > Of course, this will not allow you to boot to your new FreeBSD > installation, but with other folks' help, you can probably overcome > that - probably with GRUB, or another boot manager. > > Kurt > _______________________________________________ > 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" >