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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!usenet From: alan@s056.aone.net.au (Alan Ruedlinger) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: lost freebsd boot when installing win95... Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 05:13:00 GMT Organization: Access One Pty Ltd., Melbourne, Australia Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4c52kt$622@news.mel.aone.net.au> References: <rreiner.820077328@nexus.yorku.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: d15-1.cpe.sydney.aone.net.au X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca (Richard Reiner) wrote: >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. Did you runn bootinst.exe from a dos window in Win95, or did you run Win95 in MS- Dos mode? Bootinst.exe won't install correctly from a dos window. It must be run in ms-dos mode. This worked for me a few weeks ago after a Win95 installation wiped out the original MBR. Hope this helps. Alan Team OS/2