From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Dec 18 9:15:56 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 18 09:15:53 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from gatekeeper.tripos.com (gatekeeper.tripos.com [192.160.145.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCA7637B400 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 09:15:52 -0800 (PST) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by tripos.com (8.8.8+Sun) id LAA17511; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 11:15:48 -0600 (CST) Received: from unknown(172.20.5.15) by gatekeeper.tripos.com via smap (V5.5) id xma016934; Mon, 18 Dec 00 11:13:11 -0600 Received: from wolf ([172.20.152.158]) by tripos.com (980919.SGI.STAND) via SMTP id LAA76112; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 11:13:08 -0600 (CST) From: "Steve Coles" To: "Doug Denault" Cc: Subject: RE: 4.2 Boot. Should i report a bug? Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 17:12:58 -0000 Message-ID: <002201c06915$c4dfe0d0$9e9814ac@wolf.tripos.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3612.1700 In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Me too ( old Dell, same message ) If you have a DOS floppy, you can restore a MBR with "fdisk /mbr" Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Doug Denault > Sent: 18 December 2000 16:55 > To: Cliff Sarginson > Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: 4.2 Boot. Should i report a bug? > > > This issue was discussed in detail on the questions list. Look for > "Missing operating system" issue" in the title and then branch out from > there. I regularly have similar problems with some old Dell laptops. My > memory of some of the discussions is that older BIOS's can cause this > (don't remember why). > > There is a utility to rewrite the boot record which I am looking for now. > If anyone knows, I would love a pointer. Otherwise I will post when I find > it. > > On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > > Hello, > > Well I have posted a few times, and a few other people have as well, > > but so far no solution is forthcoming to the following: > > > > I have a Tulip Pentium 90 test machine. > > I have installed bootable versions of various Linux'es and > > BSD 4.0 on it many times without any problem. > > > > I have tried every which way to install 4.2 and to have it use > > the FBSD boot manager .. totally without success. This included > > installing boot "by hand" using bootcfg. I have tried DD, and without > > DD. > > > > Note.. > > - I can boot it via the CDROm and by selecting the kernel on the HD > > - I can boot it if I tell the installation program to use the MBR > > - I can boot it via LILO > > - I can boot it if I install grub. > > > > But it simply does not want to work with the standard boot mechanism. > > > > Is this a bug ? > > I can supply precise details of m/c configuration if required. > > > > thanks > > Cliff > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message