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Lei Z <lei@m-net.arbornet.org> probably said:
> When the laptop hard disk was in the desktop, it worked flawlessly
> just like a regular desktop hard disk with every OS I tested with
> including DOS, win 98, win2k (no chance to try FreeBSD yet). But
> after I put it back to the laptop with installed OS, the partition
> was recognized and bootable only when DOS was installed. When the
> primary partion was installed with win98, or win2k, the disk is
> simply not bootable.

I've had this problem with several laptops, ended up doing the
original partition setup and a small install on the laptop itself and
then removing the disk to do the rest of the install.

P.

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pir