From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 1 09:33:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA10919 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 09:33:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw00.execpc.com (sendmail@mailgw00.execpc.com [169.207.16.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA10883 for ; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 09:33:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fpawlak@execpc.com) Received: from darkstar.connect.com (calamari-32.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.76.34]) by mailgw00.execpc.com (8.8.8) id LAA03180; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 11:33:24 -0600 (CST) Received: (from fpawlak@localhost) by darkstar.connect.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA07024; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 11:33:57 -0600 (CST) From: Frank Pawlak Message-Id: <199804011733.LAA07024@darkstar.connect.com> Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 11:33:57 -0600 (CST) To: pgl@ein.cz Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Scratchy Noises on my computer In-Reply-To: <19980401120222.3709.qmail@divny.ein.cz> X-Mailer: Ishmail 1.3.2-971023-FreeBSD MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG pgl@ein.cz wrote: > Hi, > > I heard the scratching noises on my memory banks, and after reading > your > page at : > > http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ192.html#192 I also read this document and it appears to be a bit tounge in cheek. Am I wrong in that assement? > > about these scratchy noises, I followed the instructions to "fdisk > /mbr" > my hard drive from a DOS boot disk. My computer no won't boot up. > What other OS's are installed on the computer? If DOS is one of them you can try to install the sys files to get DOS to boot. For FreeBSD I believe that booteasy can be reinstalled from the CDROM with a total FreeBSD system re-install. Cheers, Frank > Can you help? > > - Peter Lowe. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message