Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 14:49:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: vtwin <vtwin@gisco.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't boot Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970418144721.14640G-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199704172347.QAA16091@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, 17 Apr 1997, vtwin wrote: > i made 2 partitions on my drive to install freebsd on 1 and dos on the > other. i couldn't get freebsd configured so i ran fdisk and formated > the freebsd partition. i got the default f1 boot up option and it booted > win95 fine till i added some ram. then i got a second bootup option f2 > and my puter won't boot without a boot disk now. i took the ram out and > it's still the same. i ran fisk again and the dos partition was primary > and active and the second is ext dos. Try running FDISK /MBR to reset your boot blocks. This machine didn't have any sort of disk translation running, did it? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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