Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 17:56:52 -0400 (EDT) From: <doug@safeport.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: grog@lemis.com Subject: Re: Anyone resolved "Missing operating system" issue? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007121558180.4789-100000@pemaquid.safeport.com> In-Reply-To: <20000712133053.45174.qmail@hotmail.com>
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Questions:
1) What version of DOS, or does any version work? I don't think I have anything
other than 7.0 (windows 95) which has created a problem for me with dosemu
etc.
2) It would seem that this suggests a problem with the install?
To complete the info on my Latitudes, from stand/sysinstall:
Disk name: Disk name: da0 FDISK
Partition Editor
DISK Geometry: 48389 cyls/35 heads/21 sectors = 35565915 sectors
Offset Size End Name PType Desc Subtype Flags
0 35566501 35566500 da0s1 3 freebsd 165 C>
The following commands are supported (in upper or lower case):
A = Use Entire Disk C = Create Slice
D = Delete Slice G = Set Drive Geometry S = Set Bootable
T = Change Type U = Undo All Changes W = Write Changes
Use F1 or ? to get more help, arrow keys to select.
This is a 3.4/PAO install that works. 4.0 would not work on the same
machine. With a DOS type master boot record the other Dell looks sorta like:
Disk name: Disk name: wd0
DISK Geometry: 256 cyls/197 heads/63 sectors = 3177216 sectors
Offset Size End Name PType Desc Subtype Flags
0 63 62 6 unused 0
63 3177153 3177215 wd0s1 3 freebsd 165 C=
This one I had to type in 'cause I am having troubles getting it on the network,
but 4.0 was installed w/o any problems as long as I did not choose the single
partition option. In that case when I used sysinstall to try to write a boot
record, the "w" did not appear on the screen, but was accepted. It had no
discernible effect.
Installing with the "default" partitioning worked flawlessly.
On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, george vagner wrote:
> yup seen this before...
>
> i just did a "fdisk /mbr" from DOS and all was well upon rebooting, didnt
> even have to reinstall freebsd.
>
> this was on a brand new drive from WD.
>
>
>
> one catch you must have only one drive installed.
>
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Douglas Denault
doug@safeport.com
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