Hey all, I've tried setting the MBR within fdisk from the FBSD side of the house, however, it won't set. I go through all the motions, yet when it goes to write it says that it can't write to drsk ad0. I then went into a dos boot using a Windows98 boot disk and made the partition active, it still will not boot into the Windows partition. For the life of me, I cannot think of how to fix this. I need some help, any ideas?
Res Ipsa Loquitor, Mark-Nathaniel Weisman Site Master Mystic_One Internet Gaming Servers Anchorage, AK http://games.mystic1.net > ---------- > From: Jud > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 5:49 PM > To: Mark Weisman; Jerry McAllister > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Boot and MBR. > > On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:18:01 -0900, Mark Weisman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Just out of curiosity what is the order in creating a dual boot system? > > Which operating system do you put on first? I see that having WinXP > > setup in partitions is not a good idea, yet I'm not aware of how to load > > the system in just a slice? I would appreciate any and all help in > > trying to get this thing online. I need my workstation back as soon as > > possible. Thanks. > [snip] > >> I've got my primary drive divided in two partitions, one partition had > > > >> WindowsXP and the other has FreeBSD 5.1-Release on it. I had WindowsXP > > > >> installed and working until I put FreeBSD on the second partition and > >> had it take control of the MBR. I know that the other partition is > >> still bootable if I can get a pointer to it, currently the boot menu > >> shows it > >> as: > >> F!: ?? > >> F2: FreeBSD > >> How can I get that first menu choice to look at the installation on > > the > >> first partition as bootable? Making the machine a dual boot between > > the > >> two system? > > First off, don't worry about slice vs partition - Jerry was just telling > you those are the names used by FreeBSD and Windows, respectively, for the > same thing. > > Second, how to get your dual boot going - > > 1. I think if you do what you've already done in FreeBSD (set the Windows > slice/partition bootable) and then type "w" to write the change, that > should work. > > If it doesn't, two other alternatives - > > 2. If you have a Win9x emergency boot/system floppy hanging around, use > fdisk to set the Windows partition/slice active, then reboot; or > > 3. Install GAG, a free, easy and automagical boot loader. <URL: > http://gag.sourceforge.net/>. > > Hope this helps, > > Jud > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
