windows killed my boot manager
Andrew L. Gould
algould at datawok.com
Wed Jan 7 07:52:25 PST 2004
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
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