Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 13:58:51 -0600 From: Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> To: hackers list <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: FreeBSD boot manager, where is latest version? Message-ID: <20010111135851.A16078@luke.immure.com>
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Hi All, I installed FreeBSD 4.2-Release on the last 10GB of a 25GB disk. Later I then installed W98SE on the first 15GB of the same disk. Unfortunately, Winblows replaced the boot program (FreeBSD's boot manager) with its own program. I now need to restore the FreeBSD boot manager (preferably w/o re-installing FreeBSD) on the disk. Note that prior to insalling W98, FreeBSD happily booted of of the second partition (by pressing F2 at the prompt). I already did install the version of the boot program found in the tools directory on the FreeBSD 4.2 CDROM, but it appears to be an older version (doesn't recognize the W98 FAT32 partition) that refuses to boot the FreeBSD partition (because it starts 15GB from the front of the disk, perhaps?). I know there _must_ be a newer version of this program somehwere (before I installed W98 it was on my disk)! Anybody able to give me any pointers to where? Thanks, Bob -- Bob Willcox There's a long-standing bug relating to the x86 bob@VIEO.com architecture that allows you to install Windows. Austin, TX -- Matthew D. Fuller To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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