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From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
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To: "Brian N. Handy" <handy@sag.space.lockheed.com>
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Subject: Re: New HD install?
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On Sun, 2 Jun 1996, Brian N. Handy wrote:

> I was just helping a friend install FreeBSD (2.2-960321-SNAP if I 
> remember right) on his PC.  (Quantum XP34300-S 4.3GB, NCR 53c810).
[...]
> The next problem...when I said I wanted to use the entire drive for 
> FreeBSD, I was asked if I wanted to use a geometry that would allow me to 
> have other OS's later.  I said yes.  We installed, everything looked 
> fine, and..."No OS found" on boot up.

The 'active' partition flag got reset.  Use DOS FDISK and set it somewhere.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major