From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 24 15:53:46 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B814816A5A1; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:53:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from post5.inre.asu.edu (post5.inre.asu.edu [129.219.110.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FC1543D2D; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:53:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from David.Bear@asu.edu) Received: from conversion.post5.inre.asu.edu by asu.edu (PMDF V6.1-1X6 #30769) id <0I4J00C01YME6U@asu.edu>; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:49:26 -0700 (MST) Received: from smtp.asu.edu (smtp.asu.edu [129.219.110.107]) <0I4J00BA4YMDVH@asu.edu>; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:49:25 -0700 (MST) Received: from moroni.pp.asu.edu (moroni.pp.asu.edu [129.219.69.200]) (8.12.10/8.12.10/asu_smtp_relay,nullclient,tcp_wrapped) with ESMTP id i8OFnK71016404; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:49:20 -0700 (MST) Received: by moroni.pp.asu.edu (Postfix, from userid 500) id 766DEEAF; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:48:24 -0700 (MST) Received: from post1.inre.asu.edu (post1.inre.asu.edu [129.219.110.72]) by moroni.pp.asu.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h1PGwiY05744 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 09:58:44 -0700 Received: from conversion.post1.inre.asu.edu by asu.edu (PMDF V6.1 #40110) id <0HAV00J01J5U0W@asu.edu> for iddwb@moroni.pp.asu.edu (ORCPT david.bear@asu.edu); Tue, 25 Feb 2003 09:58:42 -0700 (MST) Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [216.136.204.119]) by asu.edu (PMDF V6.1 #40110) with ESMTP id <0HAV008BXJ5T8T@asu.edu> for iddwb@moroni.pp.asu.edu (ORCPT david.bear@asu.edu); Tue, 25 Feb 2003 09:58:42 -0700 (MST) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.freebsd.org [216.136.204.18]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36319554CC; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 08:58:39 -0800 Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 538) id ADC0137B405; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 08:58:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8F8262E8017; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 08:58:37 -0800 (PST) Received: by hub.freebsd.org (bulk_mailer v1.12); Tue, 25 Feb 2003 08:58:37 -0800 Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFD3737B401; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 08:58:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from grassmarket.ucs.ed.ac.uk(Postfix) with ESMTP id 487D643FCB; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 08:58:34 -0800 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by grassmarket.ucs.ed.ac.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h1PGwUP20595; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 16:58:30 +0000 (GMT) From: Andrew Boothman In-reply-to: <9F67035A-48C9-11D7-8C19-0030656DD690@foolishgames.com> X-Originating-IP: 62.31.108.205 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG To: dwbear75@gmail.com Message-id: <1046192310.3e5ba0b6aa039@sms.ed.ac.uk> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-to: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Old-To: Lucas Holt User-Agent: IMP/PHP IMAP webmail program 2.2.8 Lines: 57 References: <9F67035A-48C9-11D7-8C19-0030656DD690@foolishgames.com> X-Authentication-warning: grassmarket.ucs.ed.ac.uk: nobody set sender to A.J.Boothman@sms.ed.ac.uk using -f X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 12:06:55 +0000 cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "NTLDR missing" after 5-RELEASE install X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:53:46 -0000 X-Original-Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 16:58:30 +0000 (GMT) X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:53:46 -0000 Quoting Lucas Holt : > It probably is. You need to put in the win 2k CD and do a repair on > your windows install.. unfortunetely this may screw up your freebsd > install. > > On Tuesday, February 25, 2003, at 05:58 AM, Andrew Boothman wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > I've just installed 5-RELEASE, and I asked for the FreeBSD Boot > > Manager to be installed on both my HDDs. > > > > When the machine boots I'm given options for : > > > > F1 - DOS > > F5 - Drive 2 > > > > Hitting F5 takes me to a second menu, where I can boot FreeBSD no > > problem. My problem is that Win2k will no longer boot.... Hitting F1 > > displays a message that, "NTLDR is missing". I've tried all the repair > > > options on the Win2k setup disc to no avail I think. > > > > I'm sorry this isn't directly FreeBSD related, but I really hope my > > Win2k installation isn't hosed. Thanks for replying! I can't understand how the 5.x boot manager has managed to break my windows boot, i've never had any trouble under 3.x or 4.x, both of which played with windows perfectly nicely. I think i've tried all of the various repair options on the Win2k CD, including getting it to do a fresh installation into a different folder (c:\tempwin), but even that failed with the "NTLDR missing" message! However you no longer get the booteasy (F1.... F2) menu anymore, so Windows must have rewritten something. It still doesn't explain why Win2k still won't boot. I'm running out of ideas and I *really* don't want to have to reformat my windows drive! Other than this (fairly major) problem, my 5.0 installation went really well, even ACPI seems to be working perfectly and I even found a KLD to support my on- board sound card! :) I really want to get windows booting again so I can continue to play with 5.0 without worrying... Any help is much appricated! Thanks! 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