Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 17:31:19 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Gemini Domino <computerdeity@geocities.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Boot loader CLEARING active parition flags??!?! Message-ID: <XFMail.000713173119.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <006d01bfebbe$5d49e260$0200a8c0@castor>
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This message is in MIME format --_=XFMail.1.4.0.FreeBSD:000713173119:4893=_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On 12-Jul-00 Gemini Domino wrote: > For some reason, every time I boot into FreeBSD (dual booting with > windows98), the next time I reboot, I get "Not found any [active partition] > on hard drive". I have to boot with a dos diskette and run fdisk to manually > reset the active partition. Any one know WHAT the heck is doing this and how > to fix it? Umm, how are you booting into FreeBSD? The only thing that touches the MBR to set the active flag is boot0, which is the boot manager that allows you to press F1 for one OS and F2 for the other, etc. By default, it changes the active partition to be whatever partition you choose to boot from, although this option can be turned off. > Thanks > > Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ --_=XFMail.1.4.0.FreeBSD:000713173119:4893=_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dwindows-1252" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>For some reason, every time I boot into FreeBSD = (dual booting=20 with windows98), the next time I reboot, I get "Not found any [active = partition]=20 on hard drive". I have to boot with a dos diskette and run fdisk to = manually=20 reset the active partition. Any one know WHAT the heck is doing this and = how to=20 fix it? </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Thanks</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>*********</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>"To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says = Aristotle.=20 Leaving out the third case: one must be both -- a = philosopher"</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>"The better the state is established, the fainter is = humanity.=20 To make the individual uncomfortable, that is my task." </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>"A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that = its writings=20 are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness." = </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>"The bite of conscience, like the bite of a dog into = a stone,=20 is a stupidity." </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Friedrich Wilhelm = Nietzsche</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --_=XFMail.1.4.0.FreeBSD:000713173119:4893=_-- End of MIME message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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