Can I use a windows install cd's "R" option to do the fdisk /mbr ?
-Grant
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kurt Buff" <kurt.b...@gmail.com>
To: "Grant Peel" <gp...@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 <gp...@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
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