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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!newshub.ccs.yorku.ca!nexus.yorku.ca!rreiner From: rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca (Richard Reiner) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: lost freebsd boot when installing win95... Date: 27 Dec 95 15:15:28 GMT Organization: York University, Ontario, Canada Lines: 39 Message-ID: <rreiner.820077328@nexus.yorku.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: nexus.yorku.ca A client had FreeBSD 2.0.5 and Windows 3.11 on partitions 2 and 1, respectively, of a 1GB SCSI drive (the only drive in the system). Multiboot setup, using FreeBSD's standard Master Boot Record (MBR) -- the one that presents the F1 DOS F2 bsd menu. Client installed Windows 95 (without consulting me). This apparently replaced the MBR with one that just boots win95. So FreeBSD partition is inaccessible. I attempted to reinstall the FreeBSD MBR (with bootinst.exe). Result: it boots *neither* FreeBSD nor Win95. Pressing F1/F2 in all cases just causes the two-line boot menu to reappear. Was able to restore the win95 MBR, so Win95 boots again. FreeBSD still inaccessible. Help! -- Richard Reiner Finger for PGP key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Toronto . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . York University . rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finite Systems Consulting . rreiner@finite-systems.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . +1 416 538-0464 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IPPE . rreiner@cogsci.L.chiba-u.ac.jp ~~~~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .