From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 6 10:33:29 2004 Return-Path: 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 4200116A4CE for ; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 10:33:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from nagual.st (cc20684-a.assen1.dr.home.nl [217.122.132.217]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EA2D43D5A for ; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 10:33:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dick@nagual.st) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 1000) by nagual.st with local; Mon, 06 Sep 2004 12:33:27 +0200 Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 12:33:27 +0200 To: freebsd-questions Message-ID: <20040906103327.GA21151@nagual.st> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i From: dick hoogendijk Subject: Re: MBR problem with FreeBSD 5.3 beta X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 10:33:29 -0000 On 06 Sep Pedro n/a wrote: > In the first time I rebooted my computer, after I've finished the > installation of this version, my motherboard started to beep and I didn't > know what to do. > After reseting the computer I realized that I could no longer "boot" my > Windows. I did selected it from BootMng and it gave no response. Even > though I tried to use FDISK /MBR to rewrite the MBR, all my effords were in > vain and I couldn't start windows again. > Recently I've reinstalled an old release version (trustworthy) but windows > still unable to boot. > Does anyone know anything that could be helpful? I experienced the same thing w/ beta-2 Just *before* putting an image back I discovered that beta-2 had *changed* the LBA setting of my harddrive to another value. Putting this back (manualy forcing the bios into using LBA), my windows came back on.. Pfftt.. Def not a nice thing of beta-2 ;-( -- dick -- http://www.nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 4.10 ++ Debian GNU/Linux (Woody) + Nai tiruvantel ar vayuvantel i Valar tielyanna nu vilya