From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 24 14:36:59 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (unknown [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0733106567F for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:36:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) Received: from oceanpt.safeport.com (oceanpt.safeport.com [65.122.17.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CCDC8FC20 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:36:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oceanpt.safeport.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id p5OEaw8K027186 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:36:58 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:36:58 -0400 (EDT) From: doug@safeport.com To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <4D7F86D5012E084A@> (added by postmaster@resmaa14.ono.com) Message-ID: References: <4D7F86D5012E084A@> (added by postmaster@resmaa14.ono.com) User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (oceanpt.safeport.com [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:36:58 -0400 (EDT) Cc: Subject: Re: Dual Boot 8.2 and Windows 7 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, 24 Jun 2011 14:36:59 -0000 On Fri, 24 Jun 2011, Eduardo Morras wrote: > At 09:08 24/06/2011, you wrote: >> On 24 Jun 2011, at 06:24, doug@safeport.com wrote: >> >> > I installed 8.2 from the DVD ISO. This install overwrote the MBR even >> though I selected not to write a boot record. Using the repair disk and/or >> bootrec does not work. >> > >> > The answer is found in >> http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105541-startup-repair-run-3-separate-times.html. >> > >> > Basically you use diskpart to make sure that only the windows partition >> is marked active and then run the Startup Repair process 3 times. This is >> the only option that worked for me. >> >> I can swear you chose to install a blank (empty) mbr as opposed to leaving >> the current one untouched. > > No, i had the same problem on my laptop. It's a known issue in sysinstall > since 6.x version that on some systems, no matter what you select, it always > erase the mbr. > > For doug, you can use Hiren's Boot to start Windows. In fact, you can use it > as a hidden partition system, without it, it won't startup. Well for me it all worked well for all versions of FreeBSD until Windows 7. My main purpose was to document the link given to me by a friend who does user support for a local college. Before Vista the boot process was pretty simple, the MBR was one sector on sector 0, track 0 and it read the first sector of the target partition who took it from there. My experience with FreeBSD 7.0 to present has been that the install does not work with Windows 7. It appears that the MBR can still only have 4 entries. Windows 7 gets more by using extended partitions. Dell, the there can be only one and let it be Windows company, uses two small partitions for something. It may be that some of that underlying stuff is not needed but I had enough trouble without without making changes at that level. If FreeBSD can be installed in an extended partition, that would be a very useful howto. _____ Douglas Denault http://www.safeport.com doug@safeport.com Voice: 301-217-9220 Fax: 301-217-9277