Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 22:15:14 -0800 From: Mike Starr <starrtennis@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Reinstalling Windows from a corrupt FreeBSD install Message-ID: <CABhTyc9SGT7wHyq2TCm%2BDz34y3K0DG-bq8oYMeBzzRcNDjf6iw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1411261234340.66714@wonkity.com> References: <CABhTyc_ioED9Vh9Tr75R=%2B2i-A=19kJBVwS18kwbyyMtuyxYeg@mail.gmail.com> <CABhTyc_RJ71oBJXsU64huCcMBVTTiYMqHvNH_Qk8UTtj8PYSAg@mail.gmail.com> <CABhTyc_VD38uLdnwy_SJcfzcawMD8ZT0p%2B_xOteGtZK0AhU42g@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1411261015270.17382@wonkity.com> <CABhTyc8fJYR0L_7CpCmjE0WFsLTC7dGjJcFys8czkPAGNeuGOQ@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1411261234340.66714@wonkity.com>
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The command gpart bootcode -b /boot/boot0 ada0 worked. I now have access, through a very minimalist boot manager, to all my partitions. Thank you! Micael On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Wed, 26 Nov 2014, Mike Starr wrote: > > In response to boot0cfg -B ada0 I got the error >> >> boot0cfg: Unable to get providername for ada0 >> > > It might be necessary to use gpart: > gpart bootcode -b /boot/boot0 ada0 > > How do you recommend transferring the EasyBCD thing to the FreeBSD >> laptop? Boot from a CD with the software burnt onto it? >> >> And for VirtualBox, that would be on the non-corrupt laptop I'm currently >> running off of, if I'm getting everything right here? >> > > I've used the Plop boot manager to boot from other devices and think it > it will handle multiple partitions. > http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanagers.html > > Put that on a USB memory stick and boot from it. Boot into Windows and > then try to find their well-hidden fixboot or fixmbr utilities. Or just > install EasyBCD at that point. >
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