From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 5 09:24:24 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA23103 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 09:24:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from foo.bar.com (F211-070.net.wisc.edu [144.92.211.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA23091 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 09:24:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jesse@foo.bar.com) Received: from localhost (jesse@localhost) by foo.bar.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA00244; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 23:19:37 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 23:19:37 -0600 (CST) From: "jtkipp@students.wisc.edu" To: Allen Sitho cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: Invalid Partition Table. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Allen Sitho wrote: > Hi all, > I got an Invalid Parition Table problem when I boot up my > machine. Does any one know how to fix this problem? Thanks. > Allen If you have a boot disk for an operating system (preferably an os that is on your machine...), a partition table editor, and the specs of your former partition table: you can recover your entire system by restoring your partiontion table. If you used FIPS or a comercial partitioner to make your partitions, you should be able to run a restore program... If you can't to either of those, you need to: 1) Read up a bit on Hard Drives 1.5) Calculate the specs for your partition table by hand 2) Get some sort of boot disk from a friend or, if you chose a good operating system, the tech support 3) Manually re-enter the partition table OR: Get professional help. jtkipp@students.wisc.edu