From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 10 2: 6:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.telekabel.nl (arnhem.telekabel.nl [194.134.132.130]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2C133DA3 for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2000 02:06:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from znerd.demon.nl (c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl [212.187.104.187]) by mail.telekabel.nl (8.8.8/8.8/EuroNet) with ESMTP id LAA07977; Thu, 10 Feb 2000 11:05:32 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <38A28D6F.DE8BADDF@znerd.demon.nl> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 11:05:35 +0100 From: Ernst de Haan Organization: Jollem X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ruslan Ermilov Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot record repair program? References: <38A2778A.4F76CB8B@znerd.demon.nl> <20000210104119.B29395@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG It was in `compatible' mode, cuz Winblows didn't start up if me 2nd disk was in `dangerously dedicated mode'. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm going to install a new harddisk now and install FreeBSD on that one and then try to copy all data from the old disk to the new. Problem is, I don't know where the partitions start :( I used to have my partitions like this (for what I recall): 1st FreeBSD (about 3 GB) 2nd Linux (about 3 GB?) 3rd Linux swap (about 120 MB) But this is what FIPS gives me under DOS (i compressed the table): -------------------- Which Drive (1=0x80/2=0x81/)? 2 Partition table: |boot| Start | | End | Start |Number of| #|able|Hd Cyl Sec|System|Hd Cyl Sec| Sector |Sectors | MB -+----+----------+------+------------+--------+---------+---- 1|yes | 1 768 63| FFh|254 1917 63|16711935| 16753663|8180 2| no | 0 894 63| FFh|254 1807 63|16753663| 16747519|8177 3| no | 0 768 63| FFh| 0 1792 63|16711935| 16711935|8160 4| no | 0 768 63| FFh| 0 1792 63|16711935| 16711935|8160 Checking root sector ... Error: Invalid root sector signature: FF AA -------------------- This is weird as I dont recall havig _4_ partitions (but it could be I created different partitions for / and /usr (?) ) and the size of the partitions are way out of bounds for my Quantum Fireball 6.4A (6.4 GB) Ernst Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 10, 2000 at 09:32:10AM +0100, Ernst de Haan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is there a port that repairs a boot record? My boot record is messed up. > > > To answer your question, I need the following information. > What was the layout of your disk - was it set up in "dangerously dedicated" > or "compatible" mode? > > -- > Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the > ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank, > ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, > +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine > > http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve > http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Ernst de Haan Freelance Java Architect "Come to me all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest" -- Jesus Christ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message