Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 08:10:26 -0400 From: "JJB" <Barbish3@adelphia.net> To: "dick hoogendijk" <dick@nagual.st>, "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: MBR problem with FreeBSD 5.3 beta Message-ID: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGEELGGKAA.Barbish3@adelphia.net> In-Reply-To: <20040906103327.GA21151@nagual.st>
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owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org wrote: > On 06 Sep Pedro n/a wrote: >> In the first time I rebooted my computer, after I've finished the >> installation of this version, my motherboard started to beep and I >> didn't know what to do. After reseting the computer I realized that >> I could no longer "boot" my Windows. I did selected it from BootMng >> and it gave no response. Even though I tried to use FDISK /MBR to >> rewrite the MBR, all my effords were in vain and I couldn't start >> windows again. >> Recently I've reinstalled an old release version (trustworthy) but >> windows still unable to boot. Does anyone know anything that could >> be helpful? > > I experienced the same thing w/ beta-2 > Just *before* putting an image back I discovered that beta-2 had > *changed* the LBA setting of my harddrive to another value. > Putting this back (manualy forcing the bios into using LBA), my > windows came back on.. Pfftt.. > > Def not a nice thing of beta-2 ;-( I have the same problem with 5.3 beta-2. How about some details explaining how you reset the HD to LBA mode. This is a bug with 5.3 that needs to be reported back to the development team so it gets fixed by next weekly beta release.
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