Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 19:28:39 -0500 From: "Jerome Serwas" <jserwas@cfl.rr.com> To: "doc @Free BSD.org" <doc@FreeBSD.org> Subject: [active partition] not found Message-ID: <001801c17091$22c6b060$6401a8c0@mshome.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] I am by no means am I one of your egg-heads, re: bizare installation problems. Reading Ms Anderson's FreeBSD I'm getting the idea that I'll be up and running FBSD in an hour maybe 2. WRONG ! That's been at least 3 days ago. Each time I think I've made the appropriate change(s) I get blown out of the water by the same error; "Not found any [active partition] in HDD DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER" I hate to admit defeat but at my age this is kicking my butt. Tried a variety of approaches to solve but none worked. Should I give up, delete all and start over, or tackle a fixit ? Got some good advice for me? Machine is an 1998 IBM P II, 8G IDE (1) w/ Win98 2nd drive, 4G IDE intended for FBSD. 64MB RAM RR cable (DSL) modem. Regards, Jerry Serwas Daytona Beach, FL [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#c8e0d8> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>I am by no means am I one of your egg-</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=4>heads,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4> re: bizare installation problems.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Reading Ms Anderson's FreeBSD I'm getting the idea</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>that I'll be up and running FBSD in an hour maybe 2.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>WRONG ! That's been at least 3 days ago. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Each time I think I've made the appropriate change(s)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>I get blown out of the water by the same error; "Not</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>found any [active partition] in HDD</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>PRESS ENTER"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>I hate to admit defeat but at my age this is kicking my</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>butt. Tried a variety of approaches to solve but none</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>worked. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Should I give up, delete all and start over, or tackle</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>a fixit ? Got some good advice for me?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Machine is an 1998 IBM P II, 8G IDE (1) w/ Win98</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>2nd drive, 4G IDE intended for FBSD. 64MB RAM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>RR cable (DSL) modem.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Jerry Serwas</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Daytona Beach, FL</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>home | help
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