Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 11:06:39 +0100 From: Rainer Appel <Rainer.Appel@mchp.siemens.de> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: multi-OS confusion - How to reinstall FreeBSD? Message-ID: <36AC422F.8BCEDBAF@mchp.siemens.de>
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Hi,
once i had FreeBSD 2.2.7 and Wind*ws NT Server 4.0 on my PC. It
was possible to boot both Operating Systems with Boot Easy. Then
someone installed Linux on this PC. Now it was possible to boot
FreeBSD and Linux using LILO but the Wind*ws NT partition was
broken.
After installing Wind*ws NT again it's now impossible to boot
FreeBSD, but i can boot Linux using a Floppy Bootdisk. I tried
to boot into BSD with a Floppy but when i type "0:sd(0,s2)?" or
something similar at the boot prompt, i always get
"Error: C:1498 > 1023 (BIOS limit)" even if i toggle the
"Extended BIOS Translation for DOS Drivers > 1GByte" Option.
I also tried to install Boot Easy again, but i can't get past
the boot manager's `F?' prompt.
My Partiton Table for my 4GB Harddisk looks like this:
DISK Geometry 1023cyls/255heads/63sectors
Offset Size Name PType Desc Subtype Flags
0 32 - 6 unused 0
32 3067872 sd0s1 1 NTFS 7
3067904 511 - 6 unused 0
3068415 3052350 sd0s2 3 freebsd 165 C
6120765 305235 sd0s3 1 linux_swap 130
6426000 2088450 sd0s4 1 ext2fs 131
8514450 7920045 - 6 unused 0
I guess there is somthing wrong with the DISK Geometry...
Do i have to reinstall FreeBSD? How can i do this without
destroying my previos installation?
greetings, Rainer.
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