Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 11:56:55 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Dimitar.Peikov@borg.de Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: RE: boot0cfg Message-ID: <XFMail.20030305115655.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <OFE9BB6C0E.BA4A6F1D-ONC1256CE0.00274EA0@borg.de>
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On 05-Mar-2003 Dimitar.Peikov@borg.de wrote: > > Last weekend I had to reinstall Windows XP on my PC and certainly I lost > boot manager. After booting from CD and mounting as root ad0 device, I > replaced boot0 record > using the following command line : > ># boot0cfg -Bv -s 1 -t 91 ad0 > > On my PC I have 14G Windows XP partition(primary partition), 7G Linux (2 > extended partitions) and 7G FreeBSD 5.0 - Current (primary partition). On > second disk I have Windows 98. > > After installing I see something like this : > > F1 - ??? > F3 - FreeBSD > F5 - Disk 2 > > It is strange that only F1 works (start Windows XP), while F3 play some > sound. Pressing F5 starts Windows XP, but it could be because Windows on > my second disk. > > Yes I know that there are other boot managers like GRUB, but it is another > beer. You need to turn on 'packet' mode by hand. # boot0cfg -o packet ad0 should do the trick. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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