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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
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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