Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 00:51:34 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Adam <mjryan@netins.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with booting Message-ID: <20000201005134.E24609@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <LOBBLIOBJFLGFEDBACNIIEOECMAA.mjryan@netins.net>; from mjryan@netins.net on Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 12:39:53AM -0600 References: <LOBBLIOBJFLGFEDBACNIIEOECMAA.mjryan@netins.net>
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* Adam <mjryan@netins.net> [000201 00:47] wrote: > > > > Hello, I installed FreeBSD 3.4 on a 6 GB partition , the install went ok, I > installed the first boot manager, when I was prompted after reboot, F1 ?? F3 > FreeBSD, I could go into WindowsNT with F1, but when ever I tried to get > into FreeBSD it would just make a system beep. I thought maybe it was a bad > install, so I re-installed FreeBSD again. Same thing again, I did a fdisk > /mbr , lost all my WinNT files, ehhe , dang windows NT couldn`t even recover > the partitions that were on the drives, erg thats MS for yeh. > > 1. But my question is when I install again ( 6 GB partition at the end of > the drive) which boot manager should I install? > > I installed regular(first choice) boot manager last time, that one didn`t > work, just gave beeps when I tried to get into FreeBSD. > > 2. Also how would I get rid of the FreeBSD boot manager without clearing all > MBR? > > So that I can at least boot into another operating system. fdisk /mbr should be safe, but you never know with NT, sorry you got snagged by that. To fix the problem booting freebsd see: http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/multi-os/ good luck, -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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