Fwd: Reinstalling Windows from a corrupt FreeBSD install

[Mike Starr]

The command


   gpart bootcode -b /boot/boot0 ada0

worked. I now have access, through a very minimalist boot manager, to all
my partitions. Thank you!

Micael

On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 26 Nov 2014, Mike Starr wrote:
>
>  In response to boot0cfg -B ada0 I got the error
>>
>> boot0cfg: Unable to get providername for ada0
>>
>
> It might be necessary to use gpart:
>   gpart bootcode -b /boot/boot0 ada0
>
>  How do you recommend transferring the EasyBCD thing to the FreeBSD
>> laptop? Boot from a CD with the software burnt onto it?
>>
>> And for VirtualBox, that would be on the non-corrupt laptop I'm currently
>> running off of, if I'm getting everything right here?
>>
>
> I've used the Plop boot manager to boot from other devices and think it
> it will handle multiple partitions.
> http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanagers.html
>
> Put that on a USB memory stick and boot from it.  Boot into Windows and
> then try to find their well-hidden fixboot or fixmbr utilities.  Or just
> install EasyBCD at that point.
>