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Date:      Mon, 12 Jun 2000 22:23:42 +0100
From:      Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
To:        Stan Brown <stanb@netcom.com>
Cc:        Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: HELP! I broke my ulti boot machine :-(
Message-ID:  <20000612222342.A233@parish>
In-Reply-To: <200006122008.NAA16724@netcom.com>; from stanb@netcom.com on Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 04:08:10PM -0400
References:  <200006122008.NAA16724@netcom.com>

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On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 04:08:10PM -0400, Stan Brown wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 	I have a laptop that I use for work it has an 8G hard drive which I had
> 	partitions as follows:
> 
> 	2G Win 95
> 	2G FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE
> 	2G Win NT
> 	2G FAT
> 
> 	Up intill I started changing things, it worked as follows. When I
> 	booted I was Fresented with a menu that looked like this:
> 
> 	F1 DOS
> 	F2 FreeBSD
> 	f3 DOS
> 	f$ DOS
> 
> 	Now, actually only F1 and F2 really worked. F1 tooke mee to, what I
> 	think was the NT bootloader, where I could choose from NT, NT failsafe
> 	mode, and Windows (95).
> 
> 	I decided that I really was not using the 95 for anything, and I was
> 	runing out of space for FreeBSD files. So I decided to remove the
> 	initial partion. I went inot /stand/sysinstall, and went to "Post
> 	Install". Then i visited bothe the Disk Label, and Disk Slice editor. I
> 	remeber that there was an inital 63block sector, then the above parts.
> 
> 	At the moment I ahve the following:
> 
> 	Part    Mount            Size Newfs   Part    Mount            Size
> 	Newfs
> 	----    -----            ---- -----   ----    -----            ----
> 	-----
> 	wd0s2a  <none>           32MB *
> 	wd0s2b  swap             73MB SWAP
> 	wd0s2e  <none>           30MB *
> 	wd0s2f  <none>         1858MB *
> 	wd0s3   <none>         1993MB DOS
> 	wd0s4   <none>         1779MB DOS
> 
> 	As seen in the Disk label editor, and the following:
> 
> 	DISK Geometry:  1058 cyls/240 heads/63 sectors = 15996960 sectors
> 
> 		Offset       Size        End     Name  PType       Desc  Subtype
> 
>          0    		4188240    4188239        -      6     unused        0
> 		 4188240    4082400    8270639    wd0s2      3    freebsd 165    C
> 		8270640    4082400   12353039    wd0s3      2        fat 6
> 		12353040    3643920   15996959    wd0s4      2 fat        6    >
> 		15996960      10080   16007039        -      6 unused        0    >
> 
> 
> 	As seen in the disk slice editor.
> 
> 	If I reboot the machine I am presented with the following choices:
> 
> 	F2 FreeBSD
> 	f3 DOS
> 	f$ DOS
> 
> 	And can sucesfully boot inot FreeBSD (thanks heavens). However, I
> 	obviously have no way to get the NT partition.
> 
> 	HELP, PLEAS! I need to be able to fix the ?boot loader? or MBR, or
> 	whatever the magic is that makes this work.
> 
> 	I am pretty desperate, as this is my main work machine, and I do need
> 	to be able to access my NT stuff, because of work demnads.
> 

I'm not sure how to repair this, but you can of course mount an NTFS
partition in FreeBSD. At least that will allow you to copy your data
off.

> 	If anyone can give me some guidance on how to fix this, I will be
> 	_very_ greatful!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Stan Brown     stanb@netcom.com                                    404-996-6955
> Factory Automation Systems
> Atlanta Ga.
> -- 
> Look, look, see Windows 95.  Buy, lemmings, buy!   
> Pay no attention to that cliff ahead...            Henry Spencer
> (c) 1998 Stan Brown.  Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
> 
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