Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 16:22:11 +0530 From: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: Phil Thomson <philthom@freeshell.org> Subject: Re: Can't boot Message-ID: <b2807d0404090103524d62caa4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.4.60.0409010525370.4921@sdf.lonestar.org> References: <Pine.NEB.4.60.0409010244130.3754@sdf.lonestar.org> <Pine.NEB.4.60.0409010525370.4921@sdf.lonestar.org>
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On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 05:32:04 +0000 (UTC), Phil Thomson <philthom@freeshell.org> wrote: > > I assume that you are installing *only* FreeBSD on the Pentium and not > > multibooting it. Did you select to install the standard MBR or did u > > select to leave he MBR untouched? What happens when you try to boot > > the system fromthe hadr drive? > > Yes, FreeBSD is to be the only system on the machine. I actually don't > remember what I chose to do with regards to the MBR; was there a point in > the installation I would have made that choice? I'm pretty sure I would > have chosen to install the standard MBR as there are no other systems on > the machine. Is there a way I can fix the MBR now if that's the issue? I > couldn't find that in sysinstall. > > When I try to boot from the hard drive, it says "Read error". > > P Looks to me as if your hard drive is dead. Regards S. -- Subhro Sankha Kar School of Information Technology Block AQ-13/1 Sector V ZIP 700091 India
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