Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 21:43:49 -0400 From: Jud <jud@myrealbox.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Cherie & John Carri <cjcarri@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: Can FreeBSD make a hard drive unbootable by other OS's ? Message-ID: <KJD9TN32KIEBJH4YBADCXVMG4ZMGDB6.3d4740d5@sparky> In-Reply-To: <1028029372.19653.15.camel@bilbo.ourhome.org>
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7/30/2002 7:42:51 AM, Cherie & John Carri <cjcarri@earthlink.net> wrote: >Hi all, > I had FreeBSD 4.2 installed on an old PC I use as an intranet web >server in my classroom. It was the only operating system installed on >that machine, and I started the FreeBSD install by erasing all >partitions on the hard drive (an old Western Digital 4.3 Gig IDE drive), >then using FreeBSD's sysinstall to create the partitions for the FreeBSD >installation. > > For various reasons, I am now attempting to use this hard drive on >another PC. The drive shows up normally in the BIOS, and I was able to >install Mandrake Linux 8.2 on it with no problems; using a shareware >utility called Boot It Lite, I was able to verify that the drive does >contain the 4 Linux partitions I created during the Linux install >(/boot, swap, /, and /home). However the PC will not boot from the hard >drive. (Yes, the BIOS is set to boot from first the floppy, then the >CDROM, and then the hard drive in question. Yes, the /boot partition is >completely below 1 Gig to avoid any LILO issues). Try changing the boot order in the BIOS so the hard drive comes before the CDROM. Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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