On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 09:53:51AM -0500, 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
Yup. But, as I said in a previous post, use fixit and fdisk. The F1 choice will probably say either DOS or ?? instead of Windows. DOS if it is a FAT or FAT32 file system, ?? if it is an NTSF file system. ////jerry > > -Grant > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Copeland" <[email protected]> > To: "Grant Peel" <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > 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" <[email protected]> > >>To: "Grant Peel" <[email protected]> > >>Cc: "Kurt Buff" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > >>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 > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>[email protected] mailing list > >>>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >>>To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >>>"[email protected]" > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>[email protected] mailing list > >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >>"[email protected]" > >_______________________________________________ > >[email protected] mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >"[email protected]" > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
