From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 29 19:40:31 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5387B16A4CE for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 19:40:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from maynard.mail.mindspring.net (maynard.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.243]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBCD243D53 for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 19:40:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from parmar@mindspring.com) Received: from h-68-164-86-250.snvacaid.dynamic.covad.net ([68.164.86.250] helo=mindspring.com) by maynard.mail.mindspring.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1AbAk8-0001Lz-00 for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 22:40:28 -0500 Message-ID: <3FF0F3B0.6080703@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 19:40:32 -0800 From: ritesh parmar User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Missing operating system message after neighborhood black out X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 03:40:31 -0000 I posted a message a few days ago with the subject line "Why is Freebsd so unstable". I've gotten Freebsd to work after i posted that message but now i've got another problem. I came home today from work and found that the computer had been turned off (power went out in the whole neighborhood). I turned on my computer and now i get a "Missing Operating System" message. Both Windows and linux can normally recover after an abrupt shutdown. Can freebsd also recover or do I have to re-install it every time the power goes out?