Subject: Re: Dualboot installboot bosboot mess-up
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Jan Schaumann <jschauma@netmeister.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 12/17/2001 14:16:10
Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com> wrote:
> In article <20011214191134.A31222@netmeister.org>,
> Jan Schaumann <jschauma@netmeister.org> wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I was installing a dual-boot machine, and after installing Windows 2K I
> >installed NetBSD.  All was peachy, but I did use "installboot biosboot"
> >and now my system can't boot into Windows anymore.  Anybody know the
> >magic to undo the damage?  I would like to use BootMagic to choose the
> >OS to boot, and had I not done the biosboot-part, everything would have
> >been golden...
> >
> 
> Install the netbsd multiboot program using fdisk. It works like a charm.

Indeed it does.

fdisk -i -c /usr/mdec/mbr_bootsel <disk>
fdisk -B

did the trick.  Thanks!

-Jan

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