Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 20:21:25 -0900 From: "Mark Weisman" <mark@mystic1.net> To: "Jerry McAllister" <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>, "Jud" <judmarc@fastmail.fm> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Boot and MBR. Message-ID: <88EB08D16800D34EA145D7DD2AA44998E651@minnie.outland>
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Hey all, I've tried setting the MBR within fdisk from the FBSD side of the = house, however, it won't set. I go through all the motions, yet when it = goes to write it says that it can't write to drsk ad0. I then went into = a dos boot using a Windows98 boot disk and made the partition active, it = still will not boot into the Windows partition. For the life of me, I = cannot think of how to fix this. I need some help, any ideas? Res Ipsa Loquitor, Mark-Nathaniel Weisman Site Master Mystic_One Internet Gaming Servers Anchorage, AK http://games.mystic1.net > ---------- > From: Jud > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 5:49 PM > To: Mark Weisman; Jerry McAllister > Cc: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Boot and MBR. >=20 > On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:18:01 -0900, Mark Weisman <mark@mystic1.net> = wrote: >=20 > > Just out of curiosity what is the order in creating a dual boot = system? > > Which operating system do you put on first? I see that having WinXP > > setup in partitions is not a good idea, yet I'm not aware of how to = load > > the system in just a slice? I would appreciate any and all help in > > trying to get this thing online. I need my workstation back as soon = as > > possible. Thanks. > [snip] > >> I've got my primary drive divided in two partitions, one partition = had > > > >> WindowsXP and the other has FreeBSD 5.1-Release on it. I had = WindowsXP > > > >> installed and working until I put FreeBSD on the second partition = and > >> had it take control of the MBR. I know that the other partition is > >> still bootable if I can get a pointer to it, currently the boot = menu > >> shows it > >> as: > >> F!: ?? > >> F2: FreeBSD > >> How can I get that first menu choice to look at the installation on > > the > >> first partition as bootable? Making the machine a dual boot between > > the > >> two system? >=20 > First off, don't worry about slice vs partition - Jerry was just = telling =20 > you those are the names used by FreeBSD and Windows, respectively, for = the =20 > same thing. >=20 > Second, how to get your dual boot going - >=20 > 1. I think if you do what you've already done in FreeBSD (set the = Windows =20 > slice/partition bootable) and then type "w" to write the change, that = > should work. >=20 > If it doesn't, two other alternatives - >=20 > 2. If you have a Win9x emergency boot/system floppy hanging around, = use =20 > fdisk to set the Windows partition/slice active, then reboot; or >=20 > 3. Install GAG, a free, easy and automagical boot loader. <URL: =20 > http://gag.sourceforge.net/>. >=20 > Hope this helps, >=20 > Jud >=20
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