From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Dec 18 9:48: 3 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 18 09:47:58 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from pemaquid.safeport.com (pemaquid.safeport.com [204.156.12.58]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0967537B402 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 09:47:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by pemaquid.safeport.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA01952; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 12:47:48 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) X-Authentication-Warning: pemaquid.safeport.com: doug owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 12:47:48 -0500 (EST) From: To: Steve Coles Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: 4.2 Boot. Should i report a bug? In-Reply-To: <002201c06915$c4dfe0d0$9e9814ac@wolf.tripos.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Worked like a charm - thank you. In my case I have two of these puppies and I got 4.1 installed without incident. This time I suspect I took a bad turn through the installation program because DOS fdisk showed one partition that that was no the active one. It has been my experience with these machines that once you get to this state sysinstall will not fix it. On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Steve Coles wrote: > 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. > > [cut - mercifully] _____ Douglas Denault doug@safeport.com Voice: 301-469-8766 Fax: 301-469-0601 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message