Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 16:42:37 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn?= Andersson <gaqzi@sanitarium.mine.nu> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: windows killed my boot manager Message-ID: <20040107154237.GB98351@Uruk-Hai.Sanitarium.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <20040107153537.3991.qmail@web80802.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040107153537.3991.qmail@web80802.mail.yahoo.com>
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Actually had the same problem myself last week. The write option _is_ there but it isn't showing. Simply pressing 'w' will ask if you want to write. :-) Best luck, Björn. > I needed to reinstall Windows after a FreeBSD 5.x > install. I knew that I could reinstall the boot > manager from the CD. However, looking at the FAQ > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/install.html#WIN95-DAMAGED-BOOT-MANAGER > to answer my question, the answers don't work for me: > > - if I try to run bootinst from within XP, it won't > let it access the MBR > > - I don't have a floppy drive. When I go through this > process on the CD, there's no (W)rite command in the > partition editor (which should actually be called a > slice editor, right?) When I exit, it asks if I want > to install the boot loader, but it doesn't do it. When > I try to commit my changes, it wants new partition > label, and asks be what packages to install > > - If I try to go to the fixit shell, I can't really > get a live filesystem. At least, not from the > installation CD. I know there's another FreeBSD live > CD project out there, but it's based on 4.x, and I'm > not sure if the boot loader has changed at all, > because I can't find a version history anywhere. > > So... What's the current (5.x) answer to this dilemma? > > Thanks, > Dan > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. > http://photos.yahoo.com/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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