Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:46:41 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: Lionel <lionel.flandrin@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Restoring freeBSD boot loader Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20080613174523.024c5030@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <86abhp6l25.fsf@simias.hd.free.fr> References: <86abhp6l25.fsf@simias.hd.free.fr>
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At 05:12 PM 6/13/2008, Lionel wrote:
> I've had to install Windows XP in dual boot on a freeBSD box, and of
>course it erased the bootloader to replace it with its own. Now I'd like
>to restore the freeBSD bootloader.
>
> I've tried booting with the install CD and I use the fdisk utility to
>mark the fbsd partition bootable and then said I wanted to install the
>freeBSD bootloader, but I didn't know how to make it actually write the
>changes to the disk.
>
> So... is it possible to restore the bootloader this way? Maybe I could
>install lilo from a live CD but I don't want to install grub from
>windows because I'll probably remove it soon, but I think lilo just
>places itself in the boot segment so it should be fine.
>
> Any help would be most welcome...
>
>--
>Lionel
Look in the tools folder on the FreeBSD install CD for booteasy. Booteasy
will run from Windows and install the boot loader. It will also save the
old MBR to a floppy, hard disk, or USB disk for safety.
-Derek
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