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Subject: Re: error reading fixed disk
To: steve@nation-net.com (Steve Walsh)
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 11:38:05 +0200 (MET DST)
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In-Reply-To: <323D9620.7C51@nation-net.com> from "Steve Walsh" at Sep 16, 96 05:58:46 pm
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Steve Walsh writes:
>
> Hmm ... this doesn't look so good.

No, it doesn't.  You don't really give us enough information.

> I thought it was a mbr problem but dos fdisk gives me this.
>
> error reading fixed drive
>
> It is an eide Quantum Fireball 1080Mb
>
> Is it dead?

Maybe FDISK is dead.  Try using the FreeBSD version.  Are you
interested in whatever contents are still on it?  Otherwise you could
try just setting it up with FreeBSD.  You might need to format it.
Sorry, FreeBSD doens't have a format program, you'll have to hope that
your system BIOS does.

Greg