From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 29 23:37:21 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 AB731106566B for ; Fri, 29 May 2009 23:37:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kent@khauser.net) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.236]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A2D08FC0A for ; Fri, 29 May 2009 23:37:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kent@khauser.net) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id k40so2516776rvb.43 for ; Fri, 29 May 2009 16:37:21 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.140.141.16 with SMTP id o16mr1712074rvd.70.1243640241277; Fri, 29 May 2009 16:37:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4ad871310905272235r55767c34rb0f5b6f7df7139a6@mail.gmail.com> References: <238275A7-7886-4532-A46C-ACB535DF16F7@khauser.net> <4ad871310905272235r55767c34rb0f5b6f7df7139a6@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 13:37:21 -1000 Message-ID: <6004effe0905291637q1499001ah4a27c300b8390945@mail.gmail.com> From: Kent Hauser To: Glen Barber Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 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: Fri, 29 May 2009 23:37:21 -0000 Sorry I was less than clear. I've been running XP + FreeBSD dual boot forever. After installing 7.2 (rebuilding from source), the XP partition wouldn't boot. When I selected "F1" at the boot menu, the system just hung. I booted from an old 6.2 install disk I had around & selected "Custom/Partition" & used the hidden "W" command to write the partition information & boot manager. I could then dual-boot XP / FreeBSD 7.2. For fun, I tried "Custom/Partiion/Write" from the 7.2 DVD & it hung just like the rebuild from source. Fixed again with 6.2 disk. My conclusion is that 7.2 (or 7.1 -- I moved from 7.0) broke dual boot. Any other thoughts? Kent On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Glen Barber wrote: > 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 >