Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 18:31:14 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Uri.Shenderovich@ecitele.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation of FreeBSD with other OSes Message-ID: <14973.62546.106486.973060@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <128089222@toto.iv>
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Uri.Shenderovich@ecitele.com types: > Hi, > I was trying to install FreeBSD-4.1 with Windows98,Linux and Solaris-7. > The installation itself finished without a hitch , but after reboot > it turns out that FreeBSD wiped out the System Commander from the MBR , > eventhough I choose the option not to install FreeBSD boot manager. Did you happen to choose the option to install the standard MBR? > I have a single IDE HD (IBM 30 Gb) and FreeBSD was installed > within 1024 cylinders boundary at primary partition . > The primary partition was created by Partition Magic. > The first primary partition was occupied by Win98, > at the 3d primary partion resided Linux and 4th one was supposed to be > occupied by Solaris. > As I said previously FreeBSD completely destroyed the MBR and more than > this, > now it's even not possible to boot FreeBSD. Well, what happens when you try and boot the systems? BTW, Solaris 8 takes two partitions, not one. It wouldn't surprise me of Solaris 7 did the same. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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