From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 9 16:18:25 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 482111065670 for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 16:18:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1DA58FC19 for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 16:18:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id n09GI9ki002230; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 11:18:10 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id n09GI9YK002229; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 11:18:09 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 11:18:09 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister To: Kurt Buff Message-ID: <20090109161809.GB2111@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: Grant Peel , 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 16:18:25 -0000 On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 05:23:01PM -0800, Kurt Buff wrote: > 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. You should be able to do the same thing with a FreeBSD fixit. Sounds like something got corrupted with the MBR or a boot record somewhere. But, the FreeBSD MBR should boot XP just fine. The machine I am typing on is dual boot with FreeBSD and XP (plus a Dell maintenance slice). All boot with no problem using the FreeBSD MBR. So, using fdisk to reinstall the MBR might help. ////jerry > > 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"