From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 12 12:43: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from blount.mail.mindspring.net (blount.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C71D137B9A0 for ; Wed, 12 Jul 2000 12:42:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from computerdeity@geocities.com) Received: from castor (pool-209-138-50-121.tmpa.grid.net [209.138.50.121]) by blount.mail.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA30691 for ; Wed, 12 Jul 2000 15:42:51 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <002301bfec39$67586300$0200a8c0@castor> From: "Gemini Domino" To: Subject: Boot loader CLEARING active parition flags??!?! Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 15:43:06 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0020_01BFEC17.DF8E2160" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01BFEC17.DF8E2160 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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?=20 Thanks ********* "To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out = the third case: one must be both -- a philosopher" "The better the state is established, the fainter is humanity. To make = the individual uncomfortable, that is my task."=20 "A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the = only ones that modern men still read with exactness."=20 "The bite of conscience, like the bite of a dog into a stone, is a = stupidity."=20 Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01BFEC17.DF8E2160 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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?
 
Thanks
 
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"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"
 
"The better the state is established, the fainter is = humanity.=20 To make the individual uncomfortable, that is my task."
 
"A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that = its writings=20 are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness." =
 
"The bite of conscience, like the bite of a dog into = a stone,=20 is a stupidity."
 
Friedrich Wilhelm = Nietzsche
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