From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 30 18:44:43 2002 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 A8FCC37B401 for ; Tue, 30 Jul 2002 18:44:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net (albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD69B43EE5 for ; Tue, 30 Jul 2002 18:44:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jud@myrealbox.com) Received: from dialup-209.246.208.185.dial1.philadelphia1.level3.net ([209.246.208.185] helo=sparky) by albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17ZiWN-0005xS-00; Tue, 30 Jul 2002 18:43:28 -0700 From: Jud To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Cherie & John Carri Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 21:43:49 -0400 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) In-Reply-To: <1028029372.19653.15.camel@bilbo.ourhome.org> Message-Id: Subject: Re: Can FreeBSD make a hard drive unbootable by other OS's ? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" X-Mailer: Opera 6.04 build 1135 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 7/30/2002 7:42:51 AM, Cherie & John Carri 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). Try changing the boot order in the BIOS so the hard drive comes before the CDROM. Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message