Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:52:07 -0500 From: "gpeel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com> To: Michael Copeland <michael.copeland@gmail.com>, Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Boot Manager Message-ID: <20090110174622.M50069@thenetnow.com> In-Reply-To: <4967EC3D.3070708@gmail.com> References: <A52E216F2A494535806F4E9ED84D649D@GRANTLAPTOP> <a9f4a3860901081723v75e5d53ds5d4cd5a275383e18@mail.gmail.com> <FE989820C9A9409C9F3C950C293260D6@GRANTLAPTOP> <20090109163623.GF2111@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <4967EC3D.3070708@gmail.com>
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Hi all, Jusat to answer Mike's question, nothing is working to get the MBR and Windows boot back. I ahve been to the windows recovery console many times and ran the Fixboot, Fixmbr commands, being very meticulous about the paramaters etc. I ahve also tried reinstalling the FreeBSD boot manager, and rerunning the Norton GoBack unhook. When I run the recovery console, and do the fixmbr, I get messages about the current MBR not being standard, and that if I install a new one, I may loose the partitions. So far, that is not true. The windows partition is still there, but not being used to boot. Fortuneatley, I can see my windows partition in KNoppix, so I am in the process of getting the data moved to a backup drive. Indeed, I am writting this email through Konquerer! Thank god for live file systems. -Grant On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:30:53 -0500, Michael Copeland wrote > Jerry McAllister wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 09:33:12PM -0500, Grant Peel wrote: > > > > > >> Can I use a windows install cd's "R" option to do the fdisk /mbr ? > >> > > > > Maybe. But, MS software is notorious for not recognizing any > > other OSen nor being able to boot them So, use the FreeBSD fdisk > > which will plant the FreeBSD MBR. > > > > ////jerry > > > > > has this issue been resolved? what route did you choose to > accomplish your task? > > > >> -Grant > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Kurt Buff" <kurt.buff@gmail.com> > >> To: "Grant Peel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com> > >> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > >> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 8:23 PM > >> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Boot Manager > >> > >> > >> > >>> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Grant Peel <gpeel@thenetnow.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi all, > >>>> > >>>> I was bored earlier tonight and I decided to tinker a bit with FreeBSD > >>>> 6.4 on my Windows XP SP3 box. > >>>> > >>>> In that machine, there is one SATA drive. > >>>> > >>>> On that drive, there was about 100 GB of free space, so I decided to try > >>>> putting FreeBSD 6.4 on it. > >>>> > >>>> During the install, I opted to use the Free BSD boot manage. The install > >>>> went flawlessly. > >>>> > >>>> The problem is, when I boot up I get: > >>>> > >>>> F1 ?? > >>>> F2 FreeBSD > >>>> F5 Disk1 > >>>> > >>>> F2, is obviously, the new installation of FreeBSD 6.4, which boots > >>>> perfectly. > >>>> F5 is a spare SCSI disk connected to an Initio controller. > >>>> > >>>> F1 is the probelem. Windose no longer boots. When I select F2, I simply > >>>> get the cursor on a new line, and nothing happens. > >>>> > >>>> Like this: > >>>> > >>>> F1 ?? > >>>> F2 FreeBSD > >>>> F5 Disk1 > >>>> _ > >>>> > >>>> Any idea what I might need to do to make windows work again? > >>>> > >>>> It may be worth mentioning, I had Norton GoBack running on the disk > >>>> before I installed FreeBSD, although I am not aware if it does anything > >>>> to the booting system. > >>>> > >>>> All suggestions welcome, > >>>> > >>>> -Grant > >>>> > >>> www.bootdisk.com > >>> > >>> Find a bootable floppy image there that includes a DOS fdisk, and > >>> write it out to a floppy disk. > >>> > >>> Boot your machine with that floppy, and at the DOS prompt, type 'fdisk > >>> /mbr' - it will write a standard boot sector, and Windows should boot > >>> again. > >>> > >>> Of course, this will not allow you to boot to your new FreeBSD > >>> installation, but with other folks' help, you can probably overcome > >>> that - probably with GRUB, or another boot manager. > >>> > >>> Kurt > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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