From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 18 18:07:50 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F2D5106566C for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:07:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ivoras@gmail.com) Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com (ey-out-2122.google.com [74.125.78.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4EB68FC1D for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:07:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 4so824033eyf.9 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:07:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0gpDuF/5JDiiKmqiSAqpHHwialMrSAZqMMQjCyJyFqg=; b=aZiaywH5FIH55J8+fyYdRPm3r5XkV6LeY2nUeXjaXDfqFebmqhOdED9ab3mWX3Eu5H 2uc20zxFvtwY3VPM4eOSUpOYmpHDzg8LNXsbyGtvEu38yYOpMCuV41cnWlZcIhtlO+Vg V1xVo+/zcgaY8Ltxcexp5mJ8m6drsVzSpkzXE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=hmWzpNFFkBTPzQrwcMCtspHYeFR+rAgS3GHAXyNBeQ9VA9FydDIpSeiYZDQKoM/f8O 5hhKUoK01yW6CSJMcvdYIFzJYGokLm0OJvXfTBMGEgFpMYNoQFs0iED9rajgus95RxkA kpjezwIiyr+nfd9xrjATng4jPJXYy9VSSSF5I= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: ivoras@gmail.com Received: by 10.216.90.212 with SMTP id e62mr1581655wef.26.1261157868185; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:37:48 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Ivan Voras Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:37:28 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 885bd6be65aafdce Message-ID: <9bbcef730912180937k5c9a4b68h52bc2d8c5386df2@mail.gmail.com> To: Jeronimo Calvo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Geom not found, disaster recovery plan on FREEBSD 7.2 STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:07:50 -0000 2009/12/18 Jeronimo Calvo : > Hi, how can i change that value on the MBR? You can try reading this: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?fdisk Search for "active slice". > 2009/12/18 Ivan Voras : >> Jeronimo Calvo wrote: >>> >>> Ho folks, >>> >>> As a plan for a recovery planing due to a crash on a kernel Update, >>> when restarted I used to have F1 Freebsd and F2 Other, I choosed F2 >>> wich seems to belong to an old linux installation and a Grub-error pop >>> up, after restarting again, Freebsd completly dissapear booting just >>> that Old-Crashed GRUB plan... >>> >>> On an attempt to recover the normal behaviour I tried booting from a >>> Livecd and restore the freebsd boot loader MBR on my first disk doing: >>> >>> Fixit# fdisk -B -b /boot/boot0 ad8 >>> >>> seems to write the MBR but when is asking to overwrite the partition >>> table it is giving me an error: >>> >>> Geom not found... >>> >>> I tried several times, as well as using "fdisk -BI ad8" wich gives me >>> the same error... >> >> This particular error in your particular circumstances can be ignored. >> >> I think the old loader (GRUB) simply changed the "active" partition inde= x in >> the MBR, you don't need to reinstall the boot loader - change the active >> parition. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.= org" >> > > > > -- > () ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML e-mail > /\ =C2=A0www.asciiribbon.org =C2=A0| Against proprietary extensions >