windows killed my boot manager

[BjörnAndersson]

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
> 
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