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Old 02-23-2003, 03:18 PM   #1
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Three-boot system Win XP - Linux RH - Free BSD does not work


Hello all,

I tried to mount FreeBSD on a dual-partition drive which has Win XP and RH (with a secret wish to eventually get rid of Win XP and RH ;-) coz' I LOVE the tidyness of the file system of FBSD).

Here is what I did :

1. Originally, the dual boot Win - RH is controlled by Gruber.
2. I repartitioned the disk with Partition Magic to free some space for FBSD,
3. I installed FreeBSD with and chose the bootloader to be installed.

When I reboot, Gruber is still there (FBSD does not appear) and I cannot even see my FBSD partition. What did I do wrong ?

Thank you for your input.
 
Old 02-23-2003, 03:54 PM   #2
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You probably didn't install that bootloader to the master boot record of the drive.

You can probably just add a stanza to your /boot/grub/grub.conf and boot it with grub.
 
Old 02-23-2003, 04:22 PM   #3
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Thank you, I will try this.
 
Old 02-23-2003, 06:54 PM   #4
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Try the FREE tool xfdisk. It rocks.
It can handle almost anything.
 
Old 02-23-2003, 07:17 PM   #5
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Where do you get xfdisk ?
 
Old 02-24-2003, 03:52 AM   #6
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Search then post (if not found) also on freebsd-fr mailing-list.

En français dans le texte, recherches sur le site FreeBSD-fr pour voir si cela n'a pas déjà été évoqué dans la liste de diffusion. Sinon abonnes-toi, regardes un peu ce qu'il s'y passe et envoies une question. Surtout réfléchis bien à la tournure de ta question avant de la poser, relis le handbook, sur le site en français, dans la rubrique installation, tu devrais trouver ce qui a foiré lors de ton install. En fait, je pense que ton bootloader n'a pas été installé. D'autre part, as-tu marqué la partition root comme bootable ? En tout cas, vu certains threads sortis sur la liste il y a peu, il vaut mieux avoir une question bien précise et ne pas s'offusquer d'une réponse en "man ..." ou "lis le handbook". Sinon, en dernier recours, écris-moi ;-)
 
Old 02-24-2003, 04:16 AM   #7
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Merci beaucoup pour le conseil, je ne connaissais pas ce forum.
 
  


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