Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 21:37:28 -0500 From: "Grant Peel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com> To: "Steve Bertrand" <steve@ibctech.ca>, "Kurt Buff" <kurt.buff@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Boot Manager Message-ID: <B655610C432F4260BE4C8E92EF791CDE@GRANTLAPTOP> In-Reply-To: <4966A975.5050202@ibctech.ca> References: <A52E216F2A494535806F4E9ED84D649D@GRANTLAPTOP> <a9f4a3860901081723v75e5d53ds5d4cd5a275383e18@mail.gmail.com> <4966A975.5050202@ibctech.ca>
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So then, IF we are able to restore the Windows MBR, and boot into windows, should we not be able to boot the machine with a bootable FreeBSD disk, then, use Sysinstall to restore the FreeBSD boot manager? -Grant ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Bertrand" <steve@ibctech.ca> To: "Kurt Buff" <kurt.buff@gmail.com> Cc: "Grant Peel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com>; <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 8:33 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD Boot Manager > Kurt Buff wrote: >> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Grant Peel <gpeel@thenetnow.com> wrote: > >>> On that drive, there was about 100 GB of free space, so I decided to try >>> putting FreeBSD 6.4 on it. >>> >>> During the install, I opted to use the Free BSD boot manage. The install >>> went flawlessly. > >>> Any idea what I might need to do to make windows work again? >>> >>> It may be worth mentioning, I had Norton GoBack running on the disk >>> before I installed FreeBSD, although I am not aware if it does anything >>> to the booting system. > >> www.bootdisk.com >> >> Find a bootable floppy image there that includes a DOS fdisk, and >> write it out to a floppy disk. >> >> Boot your machine with that floppy, and at the DOS prompt, type 'fdisk >> /mbr' - it will write a standard boot sector, and Windows should boot >> again. >> >> Of course, this will not allow you to boot to your new FreeBSD >> installation, but with other folks' help, you can probably overcome >> that - probably with GRUB, or another boot manager. > > Technically (theoretically) speaking, using a Win32 boot disk to fdisk > /mbr, he should be able to re-initialize the FBSD boot loader by going > through the steps he did initially. > > AFAIR, Symantec GoBack, along with many other 'in-disk' restoration > programs, overwrite the boot sector with its own code. > > If the OP can boot back into Windows with the fdisk /mbr, he has likely > done both: > > - broke his GoBack program's ability to recover, and; > - made it possible to restore the FBSD boot manager > > If Windows boots after following Kurt's recommendation of restoring the > Windows MBR, back up your Windows system, then try FreeBSD again. > > You sound courageous, give 'er! > > > Steve >
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