Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 12:48:07 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Chris Landauer <cal@rush.aero.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.7 laptop failures 8-( Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811131247040.20228-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199811130449.UAA02223@rush.aero.org>
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On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Chris Landauer wrote: > > hi, all - > > i have a dell latitude laptop which has run freebsd most of its life (well, > after i finished myst, anyway 8-)) > > the sad story (probly irrelevant): > i think i broke the boot blocks on the hard disk > > i have tried to resurrect it repeatedly in several ways > > i can get a very old windows 3.1 to run on it (because i have a > gateway laptop also, and used their boot disk and an old w3.1 floppy > disk set) > > when i try to boot it from the hard disk, it goes through some of the usual > bootup procedure, then stops with 'read error' > > when i try to use the freebsd 2.2.7 or 2.2.5 boot floppy, it allows me to do > the setup configuration, then fails with 'panic: page fault' Ouch. The 'read error' comes from making a disk dediated (ie, no partition table) and your BIOS can't handle it. You'll have to reinstall, and select 'yes' to the question 'do you want to make this partition compatible with future operating systems?'. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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