From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 31 13:13:58 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA22585 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 13:13:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail001.mediacity.com (mail001.mediacity.com [205.216.172.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA22576 for ; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 13:13:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from philip@civex.com) Received: (qmail 26733 invoked from network); 31 Jan 1999 21:15:55 -0000 Received: from cm2081634421.coast.ispchannel.com (HELO ?208.163.44.21?) (208.163.44.21) by mail001.mediacity.com with SMTP; 31 Jan 1999 21:15:55 -0000 X-Sender: stripling@pop3.mediacity.com (Unverified) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 13:15:38 -0800 To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Phil Stripling Subject: Dual boot install on Laptop with phdisk.exe Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I went to an install fest to get help installing FreeBSD on my laptop as a dual boot installation. The install guru asked permission to delete two partitions and neither of us knew what they were for. After some hesitation, I agreed. After rebooting, I found out what they were for. :-> My laptop, an Everex StepNote, has (er, had) as part of the Phoenix BIOS the ability to save the state of the RAM to the fixed disk when the battery ran down. Those two partitions were for the Save to Disk feature. Now I get an error message at every start up, and my computer no longer has a feature I have used. The error dialog says Save to Disk file not found. Save to disk feature disabled. Run Phdisk for information. _File_: create new. _Partition_: consult manual. Hit any key to exit. My manual has nothing on the issue, only noting is a sentence that the feature is present. Phoenix's Web site says phdisk.exe is particular to each computer because of BIOS and RAM so consult with the vendor. I went to Everex's Web site and used their CGI script to leave a message with support _and_it_bounced_! Has anyone else advertantly or inadvertantly deleted that partition during an install? Any clues on whether I can get that feature back? I used it as a safeguard, often running my battery down till the computer Saved to Disk and shutdown. Phil philip@civex.com -- Philip Stripling | Legal Assistance on the Web philip@civex.com | http://www.civex.com/~philip/law/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message