So, I reinstalled w2k, first trying the repair option, which doesn't provide the option to change the file system format from ntfs to fat, then did a complete reinstall, formatting in fat32. Guess what? It did not overwrite the boot sector, the original freebsd boot menu is still there and still works. In fact, previously, it showed two questions marks for the f1 option (w2k), now it shows dos for the f1 option. I certainly wasn't expecting that. Anyway, just thought I'd share that bit, it was something of a surprise to me, I expected it to overwrite the boot sector like all previos versions of winblows. Regards, Chip
On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 10:18:18 +0200 Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2003-01-05 22:44, chip wiegand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a box running fbsd/w2k but am considering replacing w2k with > > win98. There are problems with wine not being able to run apps on > > w2k partition properly, or at all. I realize if I install win98 it > > will wipe out my boot partition, thus making it so I can't boot into > > fbsd, which I use 99% of the time. > > Any suggestions on how to install win98 without wiping out the boot > > partition, or how to recreate the dual-boot menu? > > You can always boot from the FreeBSD installation CDROM and interrupt > the loader at the `spinner' by pressing space. You should see > something like: > > >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel > boot: > > At the boot: prompt enter: > > 0:ad(0,a)/kernel > > and the CDROM loader will boot from your disk. Then, you can > reinstall the FreeBSD boot manager on /dev/ad0 with: > > # boot0cfg -B /dev/ad0 > > - Giorgos > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
