From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 20 17: 3:15 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx.emailqueue.net (mx.emailqueue.net [209.240.140.250]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D305D14FC6 for ; Mon, 20 Sep 1999 17:03:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from postmaster@paganlibrary.com) Received: from serv09.tierra.net (www09.tierranet.com [209.75.4.19]) by mx.emailqueue.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA84381 for ; Mon, 20 Sep 1999 17:03:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from postmaster@paganlibrary.com) Received: from gunnar.my.domain (pool1011.cvx4-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net [209.178.149.246]) by serv09.tierra.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA22790 for ; Mon, 20 Sep 1999 17:03:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Gunnar H Reichert-Weygold Organization: The Pagan Library To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:49:20 -0700 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.21] Content-Type: text/plain References: <37E5CC0C.23C3C951@gorean.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <99092017015401.00344@gunnar.my.domain> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Sounds like "dangerously dedicated" is what her boyfriend did... You'll probably have to go through /stand/sysinstall to rebuild the partitions so fdisk will see the drive. Try looking at: http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/formatting-media/x138.html to convert it back to something DOS will see. On Sun, 19 Sep 1999, Doug wrote: > Kate wrote: > > > > I want to remove freebsd partitions from my server which my boyfriend > > happily put there but now have ceased to be functional. I cannot locate > > instructions for removing the partitions and fdisk doesnt see them. > > > > Can you please give me instructions to remove all remmants of freebsd > > from my computer so I can reinstall it and have ti work properly?? > > DOS' fdisk ought to be able to see the freebsd partitions, but I don't > think it shows them on the default menu. You have to dig down a level or > two. Unfortunately, without seeing what you're seeing (in other words, > without knowing where everything actually is laid out) it's going to be > near impossible to give you the right advice, and the wrong advice could > wipe out the stuff that you do want to keep. > > So, I suggest that you start making backups of all your important data, > then contact a knowledgeable friend who can help you sort this out. Assume > that in order to get things working right you are going to have to wipe out > the hard disk and start over, so that way if it turns out not to be the > case you can be pleasantly surprised. :) > > Good luck, > > Doug > PS, if you just can't find anyone to help you, a commercial program called > "Partition Magic" is just what you want. It's a little expensive, but it's > the best tool for the job. > -- > "My mama told me, my mama said, 'don't cry.' She said, 'you're too young a > man > to have as many women you got.' I looked at my mother dear and didn't even > crack a smile. I said, 'If women kill me, I don't mind dyin!'" > > - John Belushi as "Joliet" Jake Blues, "I Don't Know" > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message