From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 25 09:03:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA01989 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 25 Jun 1998 09:03:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from neale.econ.vt.edu (neale.econ.vt.edu [128.173.173.159]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA01967 for ; Thu, 25 Jun 1998 09:03:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rdmurphy@neale.econ.vt.edu) Received: (from rdmurphy@localhost) by neale.econ.vt.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA06789; Thu, 25 Jun 1998 12:03:24 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rdmurphy) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 12:03:24 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199806251603.MAA06789@neale.econ.vt.edu> From: "Russell D. Murphy" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: 2.2.6 install problem Reply-to: rdmurphy@vt.edu Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm tring to install 2.2.6 (w/ Walnut Creek CD-ROM) on a Gateway Solo 5100 laptop. At this point, the machine will boot FreeBSD and I have reconfigured the kernel. However, I had hoped to keep the existing Windows installation of (roughly 540MB) in place, so I: - defragmented the disk (in Windows) - (created a tar backup on a separate machine) - from the 4GB disk: offset size end name PType Desc Subtype 0 63 62 - 6 unused 0 63 8007489 8007551 wd0s1 2 fat 12 I tried to keep the 63 sector(?) "unused" piece in place, deleted the second piece, and then recreated a 1000m dos (fat) partition, and assigned the rest to freebsd. The problem is that when I try to boot into Windows, I get: ---------- F1 . . . dos F2 . . . BSD Default: F2 Starting Windows 95... < Windows opening graphic screen > Type the name of the Command Interpreter (e.g., C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM) C> ---------- Then, no matter what I type, the last two lines are repeated. Is there any way to resurrect this Windows installation? Thanks for any help you can give. Russ Murphy -- Russell D. Murphy Department of Economics Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 3034 Pamplin Hall Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0316 (540) 231-4537 rdmurphy@vt.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message