Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 13:21:08 -0500 From: "Wes" <klaymen@ev1.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Installation trouble Message-ID: <000b01bea6db$a17c0220$2e4e58d8@hal>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] I downloaded the 3.1 release of FreeBSD and was installing it when I think a made a mistake. My original configuration on a 486 with 16mb RAM, functioning as a file server, was: c:\ 162mb HDD running Windows 95 and MS-Dos shell 5.0 d:\ 1.7GB HDD holding data e:\ 1.0GB SCSI HDD holding data f:\ 1.0GB SCSI HDD holding data I wanted to leave win95 and dos on the small drive (c:\), and set up a boot menu to direct the computer to the 1.7GB drive (d:\) where FreeBSD would be located. I installed the Boot Menu first and then re-ran the instalation program. In the drive section, I told it to allocate itself 250mb off of the 1.7GB drive, which I can only guess it did. I received a fatal error that made me restart the computer. Now when I boot up, I receive the FreeBSD boot menu (F1 for dos, F5 for drive 1) , as expected. When F1 is pressed (DOS), Win95 boots up like normal, except, now I cannot see the 1.7GB drive or any of it's data. When I hit F5 (drive 1) from the boot menu, it tells me I have an Invalid Partition Table. (note: BIOS still sees the drive) My question is this: how can I get back the data on the 1.7GB drive and restore my computer to it's original working order? I still want to install FreeBSD, but not on the same drive. I have decided to reformat the small drive (162mb) and devote it to running dos and FreeBSD, but I DO NOT want to have to reformat the 1.7GB drive. It holds a lot of data that I want to keep. The 1.7GB drive is a Western Digital that uses EZdrive to boot up (I think this may have something to do with the problem). I would like to delete the FreeBSD boot menu and the 250mb Partition that I assume the installation created, so that I may get back to normal, from which I can then proceed. Thank-you for your time and please reply! Wes Thomas klaymen@SPAMKILLERev1.net (take out the SPAMKILLER when replying) "Listen to your heart, not the voices in your head." [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I downloaded the 3.1 release of FreeBSD and was installing it when I think a made a mistake. My original configuration on a 486 with 16mb RAM, functioning as a file server, was:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>c:\ 162mb HDD running Windows 95 and MS-Dos shell 5.0</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>d:\ 1.7GB HDD holding data</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>e:\ 1.0GB SCSI HDD holding data</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2>f:\ 1.0GB SCSI HDD holding data</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I wanted to leave win95 and dos on the small drive (c:\), and set up a boot menu to direct the computer to the 1.7GB drive (d:\) where FreeBSD would be located. I installed the Boot Menu first and then re-ran the instalation program. In the drive section, I told it to allocate itself 250mb off of the 1.7GB drive, which I can only guess it did. I received a fatal error that made me restart the computer. Now when I boot up, I receive the FreeBSD boot menu (F1 for dos, F5 for drive 1) , as expected. When F1 is pressed (DOS), Win95 boots up like normal, except, now I cannot see the 1.7GB drive or any of it's data. When I hit F5 (drive 1) from the boot menu, it tells me I have an Invalid Partition Table. (note: BIOS still sees the drive)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My question is this: how can I get back the data on the 1.7GB drive and restore my computer to it's original working order? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I still want to install FreeBSD, but not on the same drive. I have decided to reformat the small drive (162mb) and devote it to running dos and FreeBSD, but I DO NOT want to have to reformat the 1.7GB drive. It holds a lot of data that I want to keep. The 1.7GB drive is a Western Digital that uses EZdrive to boot up (I think this may have something to do with the problem). I would like to delete the FreeBSD boot menu and the 250mb Partition that I assume the installation created, so that I may get back to normal, from which I can then proceed.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank-you for your time and please reply!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wes Thomas<BR><A href="mailto:klaymen@SPAMKILLERev1.net">klaymen@SPAMKILLERev1.net</A> (take out the SPAMKILLER when replying)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Listen to your heart, not the voices in your head."</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>
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