Re: windows killed my boot manager
Actually had the same problem myself last week. The write option _is_ there but it isn't showing. Simply pressing 'w' will ask if you want to write. :-) Best luck, Björn. I needed to reinstall Windows after a FreeBSD 5.x install. I knew that I could reinstall the boot manager from the CD. However, looking at the FAQ http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/install.html#WIN95-DAMAGED-BOOT-MANAGER to answer my question, the answers don't work for me: - if I try to run bootinst from within XP, it won't let it access the MBR - I don't have a floppy drive. When I go through this process on the CD, there's no (W)rite command in the partition editor (which should actually be called a slice editor, right?) When I exit, it asks if I want to install the boot loader, but it doesn't do it. When I try to commit my changes, it wants new partition label, and asks be what packages to install - If I try to go to the fixit shell, I can't really get a live filesystem. At least, not from the installation CD. I know there's another FreeBSD live CD project out there, but it's based on 4.x, and I'm not sure if the boot loader has changed at all, because I can't find a version history anywhere. So... What's the current (5.x) answer to this dilemma? Thanks, Dan __ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: windows killed my boot manager
On Wednesday 07 January 2004 09:35 am, Dan Dan wrote: I needed to reinstall Windows after a FreeBSD 5.x install. I knew that I could reinstall the boot manager from the CD. However, looking at the FAQ http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/install.html#WIN95-DAM AGED-BOOT-MANAGER to answer my question, the answers don't work for me: - if I try to run bootinst from within XP, it won't let it access the MBR - I don't have a floppy drive. When I go through this process on the CD, there's no (W)rite command in the partition editor (which should actually be called a slice editor, right?) When I exit, it asks if I want to install the boot loader, but it doesn't do it. When I try to commit my changes, it wants new partition label, and asks be what packages to install When you use the CD, don't start a new installation. Look for the Index option and select it. A list of tasks will appear for you to choose from. Select Partition. You don't need to change partitions/slices; but make sure you mark the BSD and Windows slices as bootable. Do not make any other changes. Then click on w to commit the changes. (w may not appear as an option -- use it anyway.) You will get a warning message that w should only be used for existing installations, which you have -- continue. Once the changes have been commited, you should see the option to install the boot loader. I think installing the boot loader will work at this point. snip Thanks, Dan Best of luck, Andrew Gould ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: windows killed my boot manager
I use Smart Boot Manager to boot my Windows and FreeBSD. If fits on the MBR of the first disk and allow ID swap as well as hidding. http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/ Dan Dan wrote: I needed to reinstall Windows after a FreeBSD 5.x install. I knew that I could reinstall the boot manager from the CD. However, looking at the FAQ http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/install.html#WIN95-DAMAGED-BOOT-MANAGER to answer my question, the answers don't work for me: - if I try to run bootinst from within XP, it won't let it access the MBR - I don't have a floppy drive. When I go through this process on the CD, there's no (W)rite command in the partition editor (which should actually be called a slice editor, right?) When I exit, it asks if I want to install the boot loader, but it doesn't do it. When I try to commit my changes, it wants new partition label, and asks be what packages to install - If I try to go to the fixit shell, I can't really get a live filesystem. At least, not from the installation CD. I know there's another FreeBSD live CD project out there, but it's based on 4.x, and I'm not sure if the boot loader has changed at all, because I can't find a version history anywhere. So... What's the current (5.x) answer to this dilemma? Thanks, Dan __ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
