From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 27 06:59:48 2004 Return-Path: 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 D901E16A4CE for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 06:59:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web51602.mail.yahoo.com (web51602.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.38.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6539643D46 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 06:59:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jay2xra@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20041027065947.22659.qmail@web51602.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [202.90.128.28] by web51602.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:59:47 PDT Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:59:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Jayson Alvarez To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Can no longer boot 4.10 after installing 5.3RC1 on different partition. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 06:59:49 -0000 Good day, A have a serious problem going on with my hard drive. My hard disk, 80 GB seagate has 4 partitions. 1 freebsd 4.10 2 openbsd 3.5 3 linux 4 Win2k I've downloaded the miniinst iso of FreeBSD 5.3 and decided to install it in linux partition. During the installation, I've deleted the linux partition and create a new partition for freebsd 5.3. Also, I've choosen not to install the 5.3 boot manager hoping that the present 4.10 boot manager will do the work for me. I've also set the 5.3 partition as Active so that my pc will boot right away to that partition. And then I booted into 5.3 for quite some time, familiarizing myself with the environment. But then, when I felt I'm badly missing my 4.10, I've booted my pc into 4.10 installation cd so that I can bring back the 4.10 boot manager. But on my surprise, when I pressed F1 for freebsd 4.10, it says """invalid partition""". whooaa!! Ok, no problem.. I'll use the 5.3 boot manager. So I booted my pc to the 5.3 cd, and try pressing the "w" while on fdisk and then selecting to install the FreeBSD boot manager when asked to. Finally, I've booted into my hardisk with the 5.3 boot manager, and then it still says... "invalid partition!!!" I've tried the other, partitions(openbsd,win2k,5.3) and they booted ok. Only the 4.10 does not. I've also noticed that during the installation of 5.3, the sysinstall is telling me that my hard disk geometry something... is incorrect that I should consult its manual to correct the problem which I just ignored. Could this be...? P.S. Help me please sir!!!My my 1,765 MB porn collection is in danger!!! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo