From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 25 02:04:00 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA20731 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 02:04:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from david.siemens.de (david.siemens.de [192.35.17.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA20714 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 02:03:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Rainer.Appel@mchp.siemens.de) X-Envelope-Sender-Is: Rainer.Appel@mchp.siemens.de (at relayer david.siemens.de) Received: from mail.siemens.de (salomon.siemens.de [139.23.33.13]) by david.siemens.de (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id LAA12780 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 11:03:41 +0100 (MET) Received: from mchp.siemens.de (m64517pp.mchp.siemens.de [139.23.187.197]) by mail.siemens.de (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id LAA25956 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 11:03:42 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <36AC422F.8BCEDBAF@mchp.siemens.de> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 11:06:39 +0100 From: Rainer Appel Reply-To: appel@in.tum.de X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (Win98; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: multi-OS confusion - How to reinstall FreeBSD? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message