Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 12:36:50 +0300 From: Plamen Petkov <plamendp@techno-link.com> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Active partition problem - bootin in FreeBSD set it to "non-bootable" Message-ID: <35DBEE31.3DA11EC7@techno-link.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808191217430.27190-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Doug White wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Plamen Petkov wrote:
>
> > I'll try to be short:
> >
> > Every time I reboot (BootEasy, FSBD on prim. slave disk;
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Problem here -- make sure you install BootEasy on the primary master disk.
> It doesn't do any good to put it on the slave. DOS or something may be
> noticing the improper active bit on the second disk and rearranging it.
Well, perhaps you are right. But it was about Master Disk active partition -
the one wich flag was cleared to 0, not the slave.
Well, Let me clear what I did (some history needed):
After encountering the "active partition flag cleared" problem.... i.e.
loop:
(re)boot
booteasy menu
press F5->boot FBSD->Boot: prompt -> successfull FreeBSD boot
reboot (# reboot)
active partition cleared "somehow"
BIOS msg "Not Found Any Active Partition - insert system disk"
Ctl-Alt-Del -> boot clean DOS from floppy
fdisk "set Master Disk Primary DOS partition 'active'"
goto loop
... I reboot in clean DOS from floppy and used a "fdisk /mbr". Now my computer
'forgot' (no booteasy) abt the second (slave) disk and happily boot the W95.
No problema. Active partition problem disappeared. Realy.
Then....I bootinst the boot.bin from 2.2.2-R CDROM on the Prim. Master &&
Slave!!! disks (the original situation was with booteasy installed on the
MASTER ONLY)
At this moment:
(re)boot
booteasy menu
Press F5 - FreeBSD -> go to booteasy menu from Slave Disk
label:
Press F1- FreeBSD - excpecting "Boot:" promt
NO Boot: prompt, instead booteasy menu just redisplayed
if Press F5 - DOS -> back to Master Disk booteasy menu
booteasy menu from Master Disk
if press F1 -DOS -> successfull W95 boot
if Press F5-FreeBSD -> goto
BTW, once you reched the "label:" above (i.e. just TRY to boot freebsd), the
"active partition cleared" problem is there again at the next reboot. :-(
Funny...
Huh... I hope this make sense to you... too long msg...
Waiting for questions :-)
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