Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 17:13:57 +0100 From: Paul Walsh <paul@nation-net.com> To: David Nugent <davidn@blaze.net.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Primary partition info erased Message-ID: <323D7CC5.31C7@nation-net.com> References: <Pine.OS2.3.95.960917014108.66F-100000@sdev.blaze.net.au>
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David Nugent wrote: > Boot with the boot.flp boot disk, get into fdisk and rewrite the > MBR. > > >Are you going to tell me to reformat the disk, repartition and restore > >from backups? > > Ouch, no. Sounds like the MBR got stomped on. If you get fdisk to > rewrite the MBR, then you should get to a prompt which asks you > wish partition you want to boot from. Should be clear sailing > from there. > Actually it gets worse. The disk is not visible from fdisk , or for that matter in dos although it shows in the intitial BIOS detect and then that's it. Sound like it's dead? Regards, Paul
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