Re: 5.1-RELEASE & Windows XP dual-boot issues

From: Chuck Swiger (cswiger_at_mac.com)
Date: 06/30/03

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To: Scott Reese <sreese@codysbooks.com>

    Scott Reese wrote:
    > After the install, I was able
    > to boot FreeBSD with no problems at all, but when I went to boot up
    > Windows, I received the dreaded 'NTLDR missing' message.

    Try marking the Windows partition as active (via fdisk from MS-DOS, or
    /stand/sysinstall), and see whether that does any better.

    -Chuck

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