From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 6 05:44:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA21163 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 05:44:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from miraf-server2.hondutel.hn (miraf-server2.hondutel.hn [206.48.104.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id FAA21148 for ; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 05:44:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from quintana@hondutel.hn) Received: from spsgestion.hondutel.hn (spsgestion.hondutel.hn [207.42.188.100]) by miraf-server2.hondutel.hn (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id HAA01156 for ; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 07:43:17 GMT Received: by spsgestion.hondutel.hn with Microsoft Mail id <01BD48D4.94D81E20@spsgestion.hondutel.hn>; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 07:50:50 -0600 Message-ID: <01BD48D4.94D81E20@spsgestion.hondutel.hn> From: Pablo Quintana To: "'questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Cannot install DOS on an EX-FreeBSD PC! Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 07:50:47 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id FAA21153 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, I tried FreeBSD on a 486-33MHz, 8MB RAM, 258MB HDD, but I lacked HDD for the programs I rather to install. So I´m trying to put DOS back on it, of course, deleting first the non-DOS partition and creating a new active DOS partition on the whole drive. This goes well, then reboot the PC (with the floppy inserted) and format c: with the /s switch to transfer the system files, and all is going great. But when I reboot again without the floppy the prompt puts a message like: Not a bootable partition Did FreeBSD exclusively format my HDD for itself for ever? Some ideas on this? Please help, I´m in a hurry to put to work this PC again, my boss wasn´t too much happy with the idea of FreeBSD and now HE wants DOS again. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message