Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 11:34:43 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Grant Peel <gpeel@thenetnow.com> Cc: Michael Copeland <michael.copeland@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Boot Manager Message-ID: <20090109163443.GE2111@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <6AEDCF9BC41A4571BCF2FE7F7D5F4376@GRANTPC> References: <A52E216F2A494535806F4E9ED84D649D@GRANTLAPTOP> <a9f4a3860901081723v75e5d53ds5d4cd5a275383e18@mail.gmail.com> <496762E1.6070107@gmail.com> <6AEDCF9BC41A4571BCF2FE7F7D5F4376@GRANTPC>
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On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 09:53:51AM -0500, Grant Peel wrote: > Hi Mike, > > I am not at all sure whate you are suggesting here? > > What I am asking, is, somehting like: > > Can I reboot the machine with the FreeBSD install disk, and using the > sysinstall utility, reinstall the freebsd boot manger so I wind up with: > > F1 Windows > F2 FreeBSD > F5 Disk1 Yup. But, as I said in a previous post, use fixit and fdisk. The F1 choice will probably say either DOS or ?? instead of Windows. DOS if it is a FAT or FAT32 file system, ?? if it is an NTSF file system. ////jerry > > -Grant > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Copeland" <michael.copeland@gmail.com> > To: "Grant Peel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com> > Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 9:44 AM > Subject: Re: FreeBSD Boot Manager > > > >why not just add loader or whatever to the windows boot loader.. unless > >you specifically need fbsd boot manager > > > >Grant Peel wrote: > >>Hi all, > >> > >>For those that have been following this thread: > >> > >>I now have Norton GoBack uninstalled and un-hooked from the MBR > >>-Had to go to Symantec and get a rescue disk, > >>-The rescue disk tried to un-hook GOBAck from the MBR, > >> -It found the MBR borken (due to the FreeBSD Boot Manager install), > >> -So the rescue disk ran all night restoring the original C-Drive, > >> > >>-As of this morning, I once again have a bottoable windows system, > >>-FreeBSD 6.4 is intalled, but, > >> > >>-I have not boot manager so I cant get to the FReeBSD installation. > >> > >>Can someone (please!) explain how to install the FreeBSD boot manager > >>again? > >> > >>THanks all, > >> > >>-Grant > >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Bertrand" <steve@ibctech.ca> > >>To: "Grant Peel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com> > >>Cc: "Kurt Buff" <kurt.buff@gmail.com>; <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > >>Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 9:39 PM > >>Subject: Re: FreeBSD Boot Manager > >> > >> > >>>Grant Peel wrote: > >>>>So then, > >>>> > >>>>IF we are able to restore the Windows MBR, and boot into windows, > >>>>should > >>>>we not be able to boot the machine with a bootable FreeBSD disk, then, > >>>>use Sysinstall to restore the FreeBSD boot manager? > >>> > >>>Yes, that is exactly what I was getting at. > >>> > >>>Steve > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>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" > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>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" > >_______________________________________________ > >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" > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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