MBR problem

2004-01-31 Thread Kjell B.
I just installed FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE (using the mini-install CD) on my laptop which already had Win XP Home + Win XP Pro on it. During partition definition I chose not to touch the MBR. (I wanted to make use of Windows boot.ini for booting into FreeBSD.) Nevertheless, whenever I boot I get directly

MBR problem.

2004-09-22 Thread Eric Boucher
Hi, I have this problem. I was using FreeBSD 5.1 along with Windows XP for a while. I had to re-install Windows for some reasons. Before the re-installation, I was using the dual boot system from FreeBSD (the one with which you have to choose with the "F" keys the OS you want to boot). But when I

MBR problem

2003-09-27 Thread Vitalis
Hello, There are 2 partitions on my hard drive, one for FreeBSD and the other one for XP. I had to reinstall Windows and of course it blew the MBR up. I've reinstalled FreeBSD's boot manager with: boot0cfg -B ad0 Now when I boot, the manager lists the 2 OS, but when I choose to boot FreeBSD, noth

Re: MBR problem

2004-01-31 Thread Kjell B.
Kjell B. wrote: > I just installed FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE (using the mini-install CD) on my > laptop which already had Win XP Home + Win XP Pro on it. During > partition definition I chose not to touch the MBR. (I wanted to make > use of Windows boot.ini for booting into FreeBSD.) Nevertheless, > when

Re: MBR problem

2004-01-31 Thread Ryan Merrick
Kjell B. wrote: Kjell B. wrote: I just installed FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE (using the mini-install CD) on my laptop which already had Win XP Home + Win XP Pro on it. During partition definition I chose not to touch the MBR. (I wanted to make use of Windows boot.ini for booting into FreeBSD.) Nevertheles

Re: MBR problem.

2004-09-22 Thread Martin Paredes
if you have the FAQ installed, check the question 3.9. Windows 95/98 killed my boot manager! How do I get it back? file:/usr/share/doc/faq/install.html#WIN95-DAMAGED-BOOT-MANAGER or give a try to the question 9.10. How can I use the NT loader to boot FreeBSD? file:/usr/share/doc/faq/disks.html

Re: MBR problem

2003-09-27 Thread Dan Strick
On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > There are 2 partitions on my hard drive, one for FreeBSD and the other > one for XP. I had to reinstall Windows and of course it blew the MBR up. > I've reinstalled FreeBSD's boot manager with: > boot0cfg -B ad0 > > Now when I boot, the manager lists

Re: MBR problem

2003-09-28 Thread Vitalis
On Sun, 2003-09-28 at 04:17, Dan Strick wrote: > On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > There are 2 partitions on my hard drive, one for FreeBSD and the other > > one for XP. I had to reinstall Windows and of course it blew the MBR up. > > I've reinstalled FreeBSD's boot manager with: >

MBR problem with FreeBSD 5.3 beta

2004-09-05 Thread Pedro n/a
In the first time I rebooted my computer, after I've finished the installation of this version, my motherboard started to beep and I didn't know what to do. After reseting the computer I realized that I could no longer "boot" my Windows. I did selected it from BootMng and it gave no response. Ev

Re: MBR problem with FreeBSD 5.3 beta

2004-09-05 Thread jason
Pedro n/a wrote: In the first time I rebooted my computer, after I've finished the installation of this version, my motherboard started to beep and I didn't know what to do. After reseting the computer I realized that I could no longer "boot" my Windows. I did selected it from BootMng and it gav

Re: MBR problem with FreeBSD 5.3 beta

2004-09-06 Thread dick hoogendijk
On 06 Sep Pedro n/a wrote: > In the first time I rebooted my computer, after I've finished the > installation of this version, my motherboard started to beep and I didn't > know what to do. > After reseting the computer I realized that I could no longer "boot" my > Windows. I did selected it fro

RE: MBR problem with FreeBSD 5.3 beta

2004-09-06 Thread JJB
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 06 Sep Pedro n/a wrote: >> In the first time I rebooted my computer, after I've finished the >> installation of this version, my motherboard started to beep and I >> didn't know what to do. After reseting the computer I realized that >> I could no longer "boot" my Wind

Re: MBR problem with FreeBSD 5.3 beta

2004-09-06 Thread dick hoogendijk
On 06 Sep JJB wrote: > > I experienced the same thing w/ beta-2 > > Just *before* putting an image back I discovered that beta-2 had > > *changed* the LBA setting of my harddrive to another value. > > Putting this back (manualy forcing the bios into using LBA), my > > windows came back on.. Pfftt..

Re: MBR problem with FreeBSD 5.3 beta

2004-09-06 Thread pedro
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 2:51 AM Subject: Re: MBR problem with FreeBSD 5.3 beta > Pedro n/a wrote: > > > In the first time I rebooted my computer, after I've finished the > > installation of this version, my motherboard started to beep and

RE: MBR problem with FreeBSD 5.3 beta

2004-09-06 Thread JJB
f pedro Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 9:15 PM To: jason Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MBR problem with FreeBSD 5.3 beta Ok, I just reinstalled the my "win boot device" and obviously, windows started to run again... although the horrible "beep" problem happens everytime

Re: MBR problem with FreeBSD 5.3 beta

2004-09-06 Thread pedro
; To: "pedro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 11:01 PM Subject: RE: MBR problem with FreeBSD 5.3 beta > Pedro > I do not understand what you mean by > "I just reinstall

Re: MBR problem with FreeBSD 5.3 beta

2004-09-06 Thread Subhro
t; -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of pedro > Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 9:15 PM > To: jason > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: MBR problem with FreeBSD 5.3 beta > > Ok, > >I just reinstalled