From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 14 10:12:32 2008 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 CC7FA10656B8 for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:12:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from simias.n@gmail.com) Received: from moulinette.org (moulinette.org [87.98.217.87]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 955F68FC0C for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:12:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from simias.n@gmail.com) Received: from simias.hd.free.fr (vit94-5-82-243-51-8.fbx.proxad.net [82.243.51.8]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by moulinette.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09A0F63C; Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:07:58 +0200 (CEST) From: Lionel To: Derek Ragona References: <86abhp6l25.fsf@simias.hd.free.fr> <6.0.0.22.2.20080613174523.024c5030@mail.computinginnovations.com> Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:12:28 +0200 In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20080613174523.024c5030@mail.computinginnovations.com> (Derek Ragona's message of "Fri\, 13 Jun 2008 17\:46\:41 -0500") Message-ID: <86zlpo5nqr.fsf@simias.hd.free.fr> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Restoring freeBSD boot loader 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: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:12:32 -0000 Derek Ragona writes: > At 05:12 PM 6/13/2008, Lionel wrote: > > I've had to install Windows XP in dual boot on a freeBSD box, and of > course it erased the bootloader to replace it with its own. Now I'd like > to restore the freeBSD bootloader. > > I've tried booting with the install CD and I use the fdisk utility to > mark the fbsd partition bootable and then said I wanted to install the > freeBSD bootloader, but I didn't know how to make it actually write the > changes to the disk. > > So... is it possible to restore the bootloader this way? Maybe I could > install lilo from a live CD but I don't want to install grub from > windows because I'll probably remove it soon, but I think lilo just > places itself in the boot segment so it should be fine. > > Any help would be most welcome... > > -- > Lionel > > Look in the tools folder on the FreeBSD install CD for booteasy. > Booteasy will run from Windows and install the boot loader. It will > also save the old MBR to a floppy, hard disk, or USB disk for safety. > > -Derek Ah, thank you and all those who answered me, really helpful. I'm going to try this right away. > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > And a very special thank to you, MailScanner :-) -- Lionel