From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Jul 11 7:23:11 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.home.nl (mail2.home.nl [213.51.129.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA88A37B401 for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 07:23:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nascar24@home.nl) Received: from cc13708a ([213.51.193.168]) by mail2.home.nl (InterMail vM.4.01.03.00 201-229-121) with SMTP id <20010711152255.NEEM6179.mail2.home.nl@cc13708a>; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 16:22:55 +0100 Message-ID: <014401c10a15$026af700$a8c133d5@cc13708a> From: "Marcel Dijk" To: "Felix Kakrow" Cc: References: <86hewk4ily.fsf@hades.hell.gr> <009601c10982$14448d80$a8c133d5@cc13708a> <013601c10988$f19af0b0$c3fbfea9@mother> Subject: Re: boot... Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 16:23:09 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 Disposition-Notification-To: "Marcel Dijk" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I have tried that. But when I try to boot, I now get this message: Invalid Partition Invalid Partition no /boot/loader >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel boot: Invalid Partition no /kernel What now? Marcel > If you have a Microsoft Boot Disk (for example the Windows 9x CD) boot it, > and start your Computer in a Dos Modus and type "fdisk /mbr) that should > delete any Bootmanager from that Disk > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marcel Dijk" > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 10:51 PM > Subject: boot... > > > > Hello, > > > > This afternoon I added a disk to my FreeBSD machine. And then I made a > > mistake. I was creating partitions on the new disk with /stand/systinstall > > (fdisk) and after that I accidently chose BOOR MANAGER instead odf MBR, > what > > I wanted. Now my machine doesn't boot anymore. I get to see: > > > > >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > > Invalid partition > > Default 0:ad(0,a)/ad0 > > Boot: > > > > I am/was running FreeBSD 4.2. What am I supposed to do now, to make it > boot > > again. I DID NOT change anything on the exsisting disk. I only created > > partitions on the new disk and accidently chose BOOT MANAGER instead of > MBR. > > > > Thanks, eveything I need is on that machine so it has to work... > > > > Marcel > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message