From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Apr 18 11:27:45 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A182A37B52E for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 11:27:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@fw.wintelcom.net) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e3IItSk17628; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 11:55:28 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 11:55:28 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Jesse Reynolds Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fbsd 4.0R killed my fujitsu laptop - well... Message-ID: <20000418115528.U4381@fw.wintelcom.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from lizst@va.com.au on Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 01:35:19AM +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * Jesse Reynolds [000418 09:10] wrote: > Hi > > I had a working install of FreeBSD 3.3 Release working on this > Fujitsu Lifebook 735Dx. It was installed on the hard disk within 'dos > partitions', ie without the 'dangerously dedicated' disk option, 'use > entire disk'. > > I then backed it up and started installing 4.0-R on it. It booted up > fine from the CD without me having to turn off any drivers. I chose > the 'dangerously dedicated' option, ie allowing it to use the entire > disk. > > Unfortunately i think the power was pulled out after the install > 'finished' but before it was quit manually... > > Anyway, now when finished loading the bios and doing a post it just > says 'read error'. > > I've tried completely reinstalling, even going back to having a dos > compatible disk layout, and the boot loader also says 'read error' > after you hit F2. > > Does anyone have any clues what I might have done to this poor > machine? I've tried installing 3.4-R on it too and the same result. I > haven't tried 3.3-R again yet. Get a dos boot disk and run 'fdisk /mbr' I think that may clear it up for you. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message