From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 15 21:53:33 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org 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 86E9816A41F for ; Wed, 15 Jun 2005 21:53:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bob@fxp.org) Received: from chaos.fxp.org (chaos.fxp.org [216.155.111.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5840A43D49 for ; Wed, 15 Jun 2005 21:53:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bob@fxp.org) Received: from localhost (localhost.fxp.org [127.0.0.1]) by chaos.fxp.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0431028445; Wed, 15 Jun 2005 17:53:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: from chaos.fxp.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (chaos.fxp.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 01064-07-2; Wed, 15 Jun 2005 17:53:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: by chaos.fxp.org (Postfix, from userid 1103) id 555F428441; Wed, 15 Jun 2005 17:53:23 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 17:53:23 -0400 From: Bob Bomar To: iavor.raytchev@verysmall.org Message-ID: <20050615215323.GB27472@chaos.fxp.org> References: <20050615202430.98831.qmail@web52001.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="rS8CxjVDS/+yyDmU" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050615202430.98831.qmail@web52001.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at fxp.org Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ThinkPad X30 installation problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Bob Bomar List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 21:53:33 -0000 --rS8CxjVDS/+yyDmU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 09:24:30PM +0100, Iavor Raytchev wrote: > I repeated the installation around dozen times > installing FreeBSD on different places - before and > after Windows XP Pro, within the first 1024, etc. In > all cases the installation moves on successfully but > then PartitionMagic reports between 1 and 3 errors - > different LBA and CHS numbers somewhere, which it > insists on fixing by applying the LBA number. If I > allow PartitionMagic to fix them - the result is > always different. Sometimes everything is OK, > sometimes it says 'backup all data and reformat the > drive', which required full system reinstall (incl. > Windows) and in some cases first I had to delete the > FreeBSD partition with the DOS FDISK as PartitionMagic > refused to do anything and the IBM system recovery > refused to take off. >=20 > Could anybody tell me what am I doing wrong? Is it > wrong to use PartitionMagic in general after FreeBSD > is installed or is it something else? What is the purpose of using PartitionMagic after the install? Are you able to boot into FreeBSD and Windows? If so, then I fail to see the problem, if not, then what errors are you getting. --=20 Bob Bomar bob@ibsd.us ----------------------------- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.freebsd.org --rS8CxjVDS/+yyDmU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCsKNT9Jm/aTrtdKoRAuKnAJ9qDpan4x9/d7Qm3wymccfYe0BkoQCeMyZH mdJXiT4U/NDxnDGDrhnZOos= =LT9o -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --rS8CxjVDS/+yyDmU--