Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 01:35:20 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: KENT HAUSER <kent@khauser.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, admin@cpcnw.co.uk Subject: Re: 7.2 Release kills my XP Dual Boot Message-ID: <4ad871310905272235r55767c34rb0f5b6f7df7139a6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <238275A7-7886-4532-A46C-ACB535DF16F7@khauser.net> References: <238275A7-7886-4532-A46C-ACB535DF16F7@khauser.net>
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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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