Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:40:20 +0100 From: Rasputin <rasputin@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Oh Lordy (OT) Reinstall Bootloader? Message-ID: <20010327094020.A54586@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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OK, theoretical question. Suppose someone had lost their bootloader by stupidly trying to fix a Windows error by reinstalling..Windows. The drive is 8-odd Gb. 1st partition = physical 2|Gb with Win (hosed)/DOS (works).[0] 2nd partiton = extended; 1 windows partition and a screwed Linux install [1] 3rd partition = FreeBSD-4.3-BETA, split into four slices (/ , swap, /usr, /var) (unreachable but worked a treat before The Big Oops) All I have is a 4.0 install CD. Although I've had a look round ftp.freebsd.org, and found ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/tools/bootinst.exe which installs boot.bin by default (trouble is I have no idea what boot.bin is). Question: how do I reinstall (preferably) Booteasy from the install CD? Or failing that, boot the install CD's kernel with a root of /dev/ad0s3<pick random letters>[2] until I find /? (Question 2 is obviously: 'How do I make a fixit floppy the second I get BSD back?') [0] - for very small values of work, obviously. [1] - although that one wasn't my^W the theoretical person's fault - BAD pkgtool! [2] - never having mastered the whole disklabel/'c is the whole disk' thing? Any answers *very* gratefully recieved... -- Rasputin Jack of All Trades :: Master of Nuns To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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