From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 9 01:23:03 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 4350A106566C for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 01:23:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C524D8FC16 for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 01:23:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id h3so1692782nfh.33 for ; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:23:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=/bGmEy64nHXMzLijuTpANjUoGcdz8amsY9+cFJ+1U6k=; b=CODkGFB5Pc5Ya67hIgIHLzrE6vLz7GyydK4YUUHfjsACtxmrjAVR7XshRoX4/Oek0Q OtYUqAOr4iJelo8yFUCTcNnwtIMRWtLmLWQqYmhVHaAYTZcAiscfMjIPRt11cNRLW0rE CzJM/7vABAdTpx6AQu35wH1oRtT1SfgO3OiQA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=WdS2gQ/zd0hcHdR7jN/8D9w2QLqEh76aP2Z3nsvAXR7ab78yS/CmqtwEOgiUmqo3yH Dt2vDL/DxN7Z7BLCDjEka9xSwHaj4xOJ2gXFPdQ7/qeXdiMu0CK2/BEJYkuq5GlG1j5r BVwhO0vXFykc4Mv+LlPIQthOZ5gk0I2K/yZtQ= Received: by 10.210.12.18 with SMTP id 18mr27412202ebl.130.1231464181682; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:23:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.210.91.8 with HTTP; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 17:23:01 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 17:23:01 -0800 From: "Kurt Buff" To: "Grant Peel" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Boot Manager 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, 09 Jan 2009 01:23:03 -0000 On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Grant Peel wrote: > Hi all, > > I was bored earlier tonight and I decided to tinker a bit with FreeBSD 6.4 on my Windows XP SP3 box. > > In that machine, there is one SATA drive. > > 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. > > The problem is, when I boot up I get: > > F1 ?? > F2 FreeBSD > F5 Disk1 > > F2, is obviously, the new installation of FreeBSD 6.4, which boots perfectly. > F5 is a spare SCSI disk connected to an Initio controller. > > F1 is the probelem. Windose no longer boots. When I select F2, I simply get the cursor on a new line, and nothing happens. > > Like this: > > F1 ?? > F2 FreeBSD > F5 Disk1 > _ > > 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. > > All suggestions welcome, > > -Grant 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. Kurt