Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 12:33:09 -0500 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: Saccheen Martin <sach_anna@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cannot see Windows after installing FreeBSD Message-ID: <4155ABD5.20305@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <20040925145329.776.qmail@web40002.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040925145329.776.qmail@web40002.mail.yahoo.com>
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Saccheen Martin wrote: > Hi Malcolm, > Thank you so much for replying. I did what you said > and I got the following: > > F1 FreeBSD > F5 Drive 1 > > When I press F5, I get: > > >>>FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > > Default: 0:ad0(0,a)/boot/loader > boot: _ > > What do I type at the boot: prompt to get windows? > Thanks > > Saccheen > > > > --- Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> wrote: > > >>On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 03:18 pm, Saccheen Martin wrote: >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>I am a newbie to FreeBSD. I have a Pentium 3, 5oo >> >>IBM >> >>>computer that I put two hard drives in. I added a >> >>4.3G >> >>>hard drive (master) and an 80G hard drive (slave). >>>Initially, windows XP was installed on both hard >>>drives. >>> >>>Last night, I decided to install FreeBSD 4.10 on >> >>the >> >>>4.3G hard drive and keep windows on the 80G. >> >>Anyway, >> >>>after I installed FreeBSD, I couldn't gain any >> >>access >> >>>to Windows XP on the 80G hard drive. What >> >>happened? Do >> >>>I have to reinstall windows? Is there a way to set >> >>the >> >>>BIOS so that I can boot from a particular >> >>operating >> >>>system? >>> >>>Also, a second question-I have tried to access the >>>BIOS by typing different combinations of Fs and >>>ALT-CTRL-INS and I am unable to access my BIOS. >> >>Help! >> >>If you go back to the FreeBSD installation and >>install >>the boot manager on the MBR of the master you should >>get >>a message offering F1 for FreeBSD or F5 for the next >>drive; >>ie when you next boot. >> >>Malcolm In addition to the above, is there a way to "edit" the boot menu? -- Best regards, Chris Cleanliness is next to impossible.
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