Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 08:49:56 -0800 From: Mike Starr <starrtennis@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Fwd: Reinstalling Windows from a corrupt FreeBSD install Message-ID: <CABhTyc_VD38uLdnwy_SJcfzcawMD8ZT0p%2B_xOteGtZK0AhU42g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CABhTyc_RJ71oBJXsU64huCcMBVTTiYMqHvNH_Qk8UTtj8PYSAg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CABhTyc_ioED9Vh9Tr75R=%2B2i-A=19kJBVwS18kwbyyMtuyxYeg@mail.gmail.com> <CABhTyc_RJ71oBJXsU64huCcMBVTTiYMqHvNH_Qk8UTtj8PYSAg@mail.gmail.com>
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mike Starr <starrtennis@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 11:01 PM Subject: Re: Reinstalling Windows from a corrupt FreeBSD install To: lgfbsd <lgfbsd@be-well.ilk.org> I tried all the commands and they didn't work. I shall have to do some more reading. On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 6:31 PM, Mike Starr <starrtennis@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you for your help so far. The gpart show command works, and it shows > the following partitions: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > *Geom name: ada0* > *Scheme: MBR* > *Providers:* > 1. > ada0s1 > 1.5G > type: !39 > > 2. > ada0s2 > 581G > ntfs (windows?) > > 3. > ada0s3 > 338G > ebr > > 4. > ada0s4 > 11G > FreeBSD > > *Consumers:* > 1. > ada0 > 932G (I'm guessing this is just the hdd) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > *Geom Name: ada0s3* > *Scheme: EBR* > *Providers:* > 1. > ada0s5 > 192G > ntfs > > *Consumers:* > 1. > ada0s3 > 338G > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > *Geom Name: ada0s4* > *Scheme: BSD* > *Providers:* > 1. > ada0s4a > 10G (I thought this was where I installed FreeBSD...) > FreeBSD-ufs > 2. > ada0s4b > 561M > FreeBSD-swap > > *Consumers:* > 1. > ada0s4 > 11G > no type, just a mode like all the other partitions (each partition has > a different mode) > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > So it looks like there are three Geoms: > > - ada0 (MBR) > - ada0s3 (EBR) > - adad0s4 (BSD) > > > In FreeBSD partitions are referred to as "slices". > A single Geom can have more than one slice on it. > > > I tried the boot0cfg -B -m 0xf command but it didn't work. But I see what > you're trying to do--not so change the BIOS (each slice or Geom has its > own?), but to change the boot manager (so you can choose which Geom to load > from). I don't know what the difference between a provider and a consumer > is. I'll poke around with the boot0cfg command a bit more and see what > happens. > > Correct me if I'm wrong at any stage, syntactically or semantically. > > And thank you so much for your help. > > Michael >
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