From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 12 07:46:03 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DD8037B401 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 07:46:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pollux.spawar.navy.mil (pollux.nosc.mil [128.49.223.115]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB98643FA3 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 07:46:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from carterj@spawar.navy.mil) Received: by pollux.nosc.mil with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2656.59) id ; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 07:46:02 -0700 Message-ID: <20ED217FB8B6EF4F900CB4699645B0A91C64F8@pollux.nosc.mil> From: "Carter, Mr. James A." To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 07:46:00 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2656.59) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Subject: "Boot Error" from BIOS after try to install 5.1-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 14:46:03 -0000 Greetings List: After trying to install 5.1-RELEASE from CD (which fails miserably during the BTX stage), my hard drive stopped booting. When the BIOS reaches my hard-drive while scanning for bootable devices, it displays the message "Boot Error". I then inserted a Windows ME CD and selected "Boot From HD". This booted into System Commander (which is what used to happen automatically). System Commander detects no errors in the partitions on the hard-drive, and obviously the MBR is in place (or else SC would not have loaded). Any ideas on what I fried and how I can fix it? Is there a way to get FreeBSD to fix the boot sector on my HDD? Thanks, James