From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 7 8:23: 9 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from server.baldwin.cx (jobaldwi.campus.vt.edu [198.82.67.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A90A337B99F for ; Fri, 7 Apr 2000 08:23:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from john.baldwin.cx (john [10.0.0.2]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA05542; Fri, 7 Apr 2000 11:22:01 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <200004071522.LAA05542@server.baldwin.cx> X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <38EDA2C1.F7930ECB@jim.saca.net> Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 11:22:01 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: jim@saca.net Subject: Re: FreeBSD loader problems (dual/multi boot) Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 07-Apr-00 Jim Morrisby wrote: > John Baldwin wrote: > >> On 06-Apr-00 Jim Morrisby wrote: >> > Hi there >> > >> > Please mail me back at: jim@saca.net as I am not currently subscribed to >> > this list. >> > >> > I am experiencing problems with the loader in FreeBSD, it worked great until >> > I installed win2k and win98 on the machine - as these >> > kinda redo the MBR. I reset the BSD partition active, but when i rebooted, i >> > ONLY have BSD to boot from. >> > I am have to set an active partition for which ever OS i want to run, this >> > is rather annoying! >> >> Use the boot0cfg in BSD to re-install the boot0 MBR loader, which will install >> a menu when you first boot up that allows you to choose which system to boot >> from. See the boot0cfg(8) man page for details. >> >> > I know I need to reconfigure the loader, but I have no idea where to start. >> > Any help would be appreciated. >> > The Linux equiv for the above is: hda1 - bsd >> > hda2 - win98 >> > hda3 - win2k >> > >> > >> > Thanks >> > Jim > > You have hit the nail on the head!! > > Many thanks for your reply. > Can I prehaps suggest this should be in a FAQ? (If it already is, I never saw it) I think it may already be in the Handbook. > Regards > Jim -- John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message