Boot and MBR.

[HOLLOW, CHRISTOPHER]

Mark,

   You might want to try booting the box with a Win98 Rescuse disk and 
running 'fdisk /mbr'.  This -should- re-window-ize the MBR.  Then run 
fdisk from the prompt and set the Windows partition as active.  Reboot 
and see if Windows boots normally.  You will not see any indication of 
the existance of the BSD installation at this point.  Should Windows 
come up okay, install Grub (or GAG if it suits your fancy) and you 
-should- be off and running.

DISCLAIMER:  The ^^^ -should- ^^^ is in there because I'm not entirely 
familiar with your environment and configuration.  As always, when 
working with partitions, it is possible that you will lose one, both or 
all of the slices and installations on the box.  If there is anything 
worth keeping, ensure you have it backed up...

HTH,

Chris

Mark Weisman wrote:

>I appreciate the ease of installation of Gag, however, my objectives
>still not being met, when I boot into the Windows partition, I get an
>error that shows little red squares in a diagonal pattern across the
>screen. No Windows?
>
>Res Ipsa Loquitor,
>Mark-Nathaniel Weisman
>Site Master
>Mystic1.net
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jud [mailto:judmarc at fastmail.fm] 
>Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 8:46 AM
>To: HOLLOW, CHRISTOPHER; Mark Weisman
>Cc: questions at freebsd.org
>Subject: Re: Boot and MBR.
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>On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 10:50:03 -0500, "HOLLOW, CHRISTOPHER"
><christopher.hollow at cgi.com> said:
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>>Jud wrote:
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>[snip]
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>>>3. Install GAG, a free, easy and automagical boot loader.  <URL:
>>>http://gag.sourceforge.net/>.
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>>You can also Grub it up:
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>>http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ 
>>http://www.daemonnews.org/200102/grub.html
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>>Grub is a popular and well-supported OSS boot loader....
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>Absolutely.  I've happily used Grub, but turned to GAG when I went to
>RAID-0.
>
>Grub is an excellent bootloader and learning tool.  The only reason I
>didn't include it in my recommendations to the OP was that I figured
>he'd be happier at this point with something very easy and automagic.
>
>Jud
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Christopher Hollow - Consultant
Infrastructure & Technology Support
Toronto, ON