From 9e0ebb4e146a7e4906ffe3e1dca29e4b53598dfc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Smithurst Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 00:37:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] update the "win95 killed my boot manager" question to mention the boot0cfg program. Also mention win98 as well as win95. PR: 20226 Submitted by: John Reynolds --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++------- en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++------- 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml index fd85729881..892929c985 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ - $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.79 2000/07/20 21:38:17 ben Exp $ + $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.80 2000/07/25 18:24:48 ben Exp $ This is the FAQ for FreeBSD versions 2.X, 3.X, and 4.X. All entries @@ -1306,22 +1306,22 @@ The multi-OS page. -Can Windows 95 co-exist with FreeBSD? +Can Windows 95/98 co-exist with FreeBSD? -Install Windows 95 first, after that FreeBSD. FreeBSD's boot -manager will then manage to boot Win95 and FreeBSD. If you -install Windows 95 second, it will boorishly overwrite your +Install Windows 95/98 first, after that FreeBSD. FreeBSD's boot +manager will then manage to boot Win95/98 and FreeBSD. If you +install Windows 95/98 second, it will boorishly overwrite your boot manager without even asking. If that happens, see the next section. - Windows 95 killed my boot manager! How do I get it back? + Windows 95/98 killed my boot manager! How do I get it back? You can reinstall the boot manager FreeBSD comes with in one of -two ways: +three ways: @@ -1353,6 +1353,23 @@ This will re-write the boot manager to disk. Now quit out of the installation menu and reboot off the hard disk as normal. + +Boot the FreeBSD boot floppy (or CD-ROM) and choose the +Fixit menu item. Select either the Fixit floppy or +CD-ROM #2 (the live file system option) as appropriate +and enter the fixit shell. Then execute the following command: + + +Fixit# boot0cfg -B bootdevice + + +substituting bootdevice for your real +boot device such as ad0 (first IDE disk), +ad4 (first IDE disk on auxiliary controller), +da0 (first SCSI disk), etc. + + + diff --git a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml index fd85729881..892929c985 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ - $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.79 2000/07/20 21:38:17 ben Exp $ + $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.80 2000/07/25 18:24:48 ben Exp $ This is the FAQ for FreeBSD versions 2.X, 3.X, and 4.X. All entries @@ -1306,22 +1306,22 @@ The multi-OS page. -Can Windows 95 co-exist with FreeBSD? +Can Windows 95/98 co-exist with FreeBSD? -Install Windows 95 first, after that FreeBSD. FreeBSD's boot -manager will then manage to boot Win95 and FreeBSD. If you -install Windows 95 second, it will boorishly overwrite your +Install Windows 95/98 first, after that FreeBSD. FreeBSD's boot +manager will then manage to boot Win95/98 and FreeBSD. If you +install Windows 95/98 second, it will boorishly overwrite your boot manager without even asking. If that happens, see the next section. - Windows 95 killed my boot manager! How do I get it back? + Windows 95/98 killed my boot manager! How do I get it back? You can reinstall the boot manager FreeBSD comes with in one of -two ways: +three ways: @@ -1353,6 +1353,23 @@ This will re-write the boot manager to disk. Now quit out of the installation menu and reboot off the hard disk as normal. + +Boot the FreeBSD boot floppy (or CD-ROM) and choose the +Fixit menu item. Select either the Fixit floppy or +CD-ROM #2 (the live file system option) as appropriate +and enter the fixit shell. Then execute the following command: + + +Fixit# boot0cfg -B bootdevice + + +substituting bootdevice for your real +boot device such as ad0 (first IDE disk), +ad4 (first IDE disk on auxiliary controller), +da0 (first SCSI disk), etc. + + +