Subject: Re: Question on installing boot selector
To: Bri <simian@replic.net>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: tech-install
Date: 03/23/2001 21:46:53
On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 02:22:04PM -0800, Bri wrote:
> 
>  Here's the situation, 1 windows fat32 partition (around 40gb), 2/3 gb
> empty on disk
> 
>  I install NetBSD on the unused portion (left a few megs slack space
> even), install boot manager, everything there looks kosher - NetBSD boots
> up just fine
> 
>  When I try and boot the windows partiton it gives me "Invalid System
> Disk."
> 
>  I have deleted the NetBSD partition, set the win/dos one active, fdisk
> /mbr'd it, reinstalled the boot loader, reinstalled windows -- all to no
> avail.
> 
>  Suggestions? I can still see all the data on the windows partition just
> fine, just it can't boot now for some reason.

Maybe the disk's geometry has changed ? What does NetBSD's fdisk say
about it ?

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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