FreeBSD Boot Manager

[Michael Copeland]

also, doing it the way i suggested will still give you the option to 
re-select windows, and then from there right back to freebsd is you 
accidentally hit the wrong button. creates a nice loop.
eg: machine boots, windows shows you "Windows XP" or "FreeBSD"
you select FreeBSD, you get the menu you want from there
F1 FreeBSD
F2 Microsoft Windows
F5 DiskX
Selecting windows will take you back to the windows loader, and then you 
could select windows or freebsd.

Grant Peel wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> I am not at all sure whate you are suggesting here?
>
> What I am asking, is, somehting like:
>
> Can I reboot the machine with the FreeBSD install disk, and using the 
> sysinstall utility, reinstall the freebsd boot manger so I wind up with:
>
> F1 Windows
> F2 FreeBSD
> F5 Disk1
>
> -Grant
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Copeland" 
> <michael.copeland at gmail.com>
> To: "Grant Peel" <gpeel at thenetnow.com>
> Cc: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 9:44 AM
> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Boot Manager
>
>
>> why not just add loader or whatever to the windows boot loader.. 
>> unless you specifically need fbsd boot manager
>>
>> Grant Peel wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> For those that have been following this thread:
>>>
>>> I now have Norton GoBack uninstalled and un-hooked from the MBR
>>> -Had to go to Symantec and get a rescue disk,
>>> -The rescue disk tried to un-hook GOBAck from the MBR,
>>>    -It found the MBR borken (due to the FreeBSD Boot Manager install),
>>>        -So the rescue disk ran all night restoring the original 
>>> C-Drive,
>>>
>>> -As of this morning, I once again have a bottoable windows system,
>>> -FreeBSD 6.4 is intalled, but,
>>>
>>> -I have not boot manager so I cant get to the FReeBSD installation.
>>>
>>> Can someone (please!) explain how to install the FreeBSD boot 
>>> manager again?
>>>
>>> THanks all,
>>>
>>> -Grant
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Bertrand" <steve at ibctech.ca>
>>> To: "Grant Peel" <gpeel at thenetnow.com>
>>> Cc: "Kurt Buff" <kurt.buff at gmail.com>; <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 9:39 PM
>>> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Boot Manager
>>>
>>>
>>>> Grant Peel wrote:
>>>>> So then,
>>>>>
>>>>> IF we are able to restore the Windows MBR, and boot into windows, 
>>>>> should
>>>>> we not be able to boot the machine with a bootable FreeBSD disk, 
>>>>> then,
>>>>> use Sysinstall to restore the FreeBSD boot manager?
>>>>
>>>> Yes, that is exactly what I was getting at.
>>>>
>>>> Steve
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