Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 09:45:44 +0900 From: "lukek" <lukek@meibin.net> To: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "Jud" <judmarc@fastmail.fm> Subject: Re: Doh ! Installed FBSD5.0 and no more dual boot Message-ID: <002701c327d7$2241dee0$300aa8c0@yujo> References: <007501c3271d$26c5fbf0$080aa8c0@yujo> <oprp1522t80cf2rk@fastmail.fm> <001c01c327d2$70ad0af0$300aa8c0@yujo> <oprp2bi7xa0cf2rk@fastmail.fm>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
OK thanks for the offer of assistance. The machine in question has two drives ad0 and ad1. On ad0 there was a native NTFS partition with Win2K installed. On a separate partion I had Redhat. I decided to get rid of the redhat installation and use FreeBSD again. So I installed FreeBSD-5.0Release. It had its way with the MBR and now Win2K cannot boot. I cannot use the recovery option because I cannot for the life of me remember the admin passwd. So I installed GAG. GAG detects all installed OS's but when trying to boot to Win2K it gives the same error ie NTLDR is missing press Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot. Grub gave the same errors even though it also detected the installation. I thought to be a bit creative and revert to a RedHat install to recover the MBR but it complains about incorrectly aligned partitions or some such. The disk is not hosed but the MBR is not healthy. The bios is fine I have been changing that to boot from CD/Floppy/HDD when necessary. Any additional light you can shed on this would be appreciated. Thanks LukeK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jud" <judmarc@fastmail.fm> To: "lukek" <lukek@meibin.net>; "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: 2003年6月1日 9:26 Subject: Re: Doh ! Installed FBSD5.0 and no more dual boot > On Sun, 1 Jun 2003 09:12:08 +0900, lukek <lukek@meibin.net> wrote: > > > thanks for the advice but neither GAG, Grub or FreeBSD bootloaders work > > for > > me it would appear that NTLDR has either been damaged or cannot be found. > > I > > could not get to that installation at all. It is a bit problematic as I > > usually only re-install once a year and don't (of course) have a recent > > backup that will suffice. I think I will need to install Win2K onto a > > different partition and see if I can mount the old Win2K partition to > > recover the data before doing the proper full swipe and reload. > > Why a whole new installation? Why not just repair the currently installed > Win2K? (Boot from your Win2K CD. You can automatically repair or manually > "fix" the master boot record and boot sector, which will cause the computer > to boot Win2K again. Then you can install GAG, the FreeBSD bootloader or > use the Win2K bootloader. > > Or is it as simple as forgetting to change the BIOS cback to booting from > your hard drive after booting from CD? > > If you're still flummoxed, provide more info about your setup and you'll > get more help. > > Jud >
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?002701c327d7$2241dee0$300aa8c0>