From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 28 05:35:21 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 BC9B7106566B for ; Thu, 28 May 2009 05:35:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f159.google.com (mail-fx0-f159.google.com [209.85.220.159]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5060C8FC23 for ; Thu, 28 May 2009 05:35:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by fxm3 with SMTP id 3so522089fxm.43 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 22:35:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=3+EPU7bIHtpPYjpw4yYZsk+scfk13fCtZ9iNx+azWVU=; b=Pawaln/ZWPIHApnaJTeDJJplct/TYk7sPSXJ9PQmLKaudPa7V8a37ck0BiXzu3T6Fg c0rYzMbwG/86IgJNgnnMkYezD5JBdrc/ztq03fdg8USHr/OfzjvPEQowOCGdHRFaWEG5 OLu2XRUwkfWsO7Rss909fXRsi9mXkLJ3jXL1o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=eCalmED+vDRR/8URq151NbtA4j2NJFSxFEQqoc7SzrbHixsnQi/CP+05Jp81AxM96R AF4K05XMx41Hxu9mf2ChjzVTrZYeCaLFHGZRNtQYjYEF3sDjlDAiDnwClgeMjzmXL9Yp z7qNaKWWvGeFQs4Nc2+T6ZKDW9AoswHTTsjX4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.122.74 with SMTP id k10mr778369bkr.129.1243488920214; Wed, 27 May 2009 22:35:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <238275A7-7886-4532-A46C-ACB535DF16F7@khauser.net> References: <238275A7-7886-4532-A46C-ACB535DF16F7@khauser.net> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 01:35:20 -0400 Message-ID: <4ad871310905272235r55767c34rb0f5b6f7df7139a6@mail.gmail.com> From: Glen Barber To: KENT HAUSER Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, admin@cpcnw.co.uk Subject: Re: 7.2 Release kills my XP Dual Boot 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: Thu, 28 May 2009 05:35:22 -0000 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 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