Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 16:57:07 +0300 (MSK) From: Ozz!!! <osa@unibest.ru> To: Pablo Quintana <quintana@hondutel.hn> Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Cannot install DOS on an EX-FreeBSD PC! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980306165617.9638A-100000@hole.etrust.ru> In-Reply-To: <01BD48D4.94D81E20@spsgestion.hondutel.hn>
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On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Pablo Quintana wrote: > Hi, I tried FreeBSD on a 486-33MHz, 8MB RAM, 258MB HDD, but I lacked HDD for the programs I rather to install. So I´m trying to put DOS back on it, of course, deleting first the non-DOS partition and creating a new active DOS partition on the whole drive. This goes well, then reboot the PC (with the floppy inserted) and format c: with the /s switch to transfer the system files, and all is going great. But when I reboot again without the floppy the prompt puts a message like: > > Not a bootable partition > > Did FreeBSD exclusively format my HDD for itself for ever? > Some ideas on this? > > Please help, I´m in a hurry to put to work this PC again, my boss wasn´t too much happy with the idea of FreeBSD and now HE wants DOS again. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > maybe is DOS command prompt : fdisk /mbr ?????? Rgdz, Ozz, osa@unibest.ru To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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