Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 17:57:08 -0700 (PDT) From: robert Backhaus <robbakfreebsd@yahoo.co.uk> To: Cherie & John Carri <cjcarri@earthlink.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can FreeBSD make a hard drive unbootable by other OS's ? Message-ID: <20020731005708.98499.qmail@web12903.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1028029372.19653.15.camel@bilbo.ourhome.org>
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You can do anything with FreeBSD.... Check out references on 'Dangerously Dedicated' disks. This looks promising - http://www.pl.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ114.html It's nothing that a `ZapDisk' type utility won't fix. --- Cherie & John Carri <cjcarri@earthlink.net> wrote: > Hi all, > I had FreeBSD 4.2 installed on an old PC I use as > an intranet web > server in my classroom. It was the only operating > system installed on > that machine, and I started the FreeBSD install by > erasing all > partitions on the hard drive (an old Western Digital > 4.3 Gig IDE drive), > then using FreeBSD's sysinstall to create the > partitions for the FreeBSD > installation. > > For various reasons, I am now attempting to use > this hard drive on > another PC. The drive shows up normally in the BIOS, > and I was able to > install Mandrake Linux 8.2 on it with no problems; > using a shareware > utility called Boot It Lite, I was able to verify > that the drive does > contain the 4 Linux partitions I created during the > Linux install > (/boot, swap, /, and /home). However the PC will not > boot from the hard > drive. (Yes, the BIOS is set to boot from first the > floppy, then the > CDROM, and then the hard drive in question. Yes, the > /boot partition is > completely below 1 Gig to avoid any LILO issues). > > I belatedly remember reading something about > FreeBSD being able to > create a terminally incompatible hard drive for > other operating systems > - is that what has happened here, and if so, is > there a way to fix it? > > TIA for any help on this. I'm really hoping I don't > have to throw this > drive away...while tiny by todays standards it's > more than ample for the > use I intend. > > -John Carri > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of > the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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