From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 12 08:12:59 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 497B737B404 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 08:12:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pollux.spawar.navy.mil (pollux.nosc.mil [128.49.223.115]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C0F643FDF for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 08:12:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from carterj@spawar.navy.mil) Received: by pollux.nosc.mil with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2656.59) id ; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 08:12:58 -0700 Message-ID: <20ED217FB8B6EF4F900CB4699645B0A91C64F9@pollux.nosc.mil> From: "Carter, Mr. James A." To: "'Thomas T. Veldhouse'" Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 08:12:57 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2656.59) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: "Boot Error" from BIOS after try to install 5.1-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 15:12:59 -0000 Thomas: Thank you for your response. I agree that Windows ME is junk. Until last night, it was just another coaster. I had FreeBSD (4.8-Release) replace the MBR by doing "fdisk -b" and it didn't work (actually it toasted the MBR). So System Commander replaced the MBR, but the BIOS still gives me that error. -----Original Message----- From: Thomas T. Veldhouse [mailto:veldy@veldy.net] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 7:49 AM To: Carter, Mr. James A. Subject: Re: "Boot Error" from BIOS after try to install 5.1-RELEASE Boot to a prompt using your Windows ME disk (blah ... the worst version of Windows EVER). At the prompt: fdisk /mbr Tom Veldhouse ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carter, Mr. James A." To: Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 9:46 AM Subject: "Boot Error" from BIOS after try to install 5.1-RELEASE > Greetings List: > > After trying to install 5.1-RELEASE from CD (which fails miserably during > the BTX stage), my hard drive stopped booting. When the BIOS reaches my > hard-drive while scanning for bootable devices, it displays the message > "Boot Error". > > I then inserted a Windows ME CD and selected "Boot From HD". This booted > into System Commander (which is what used to happen automatically). > > System Commander detects no errors in the partitions on the hard-drive, and > obviously the MBR is in place (or else SC would not have loaded). > > Any ideas on what I fried and how I can fix it? Is there a way to get > FreeBSD to fix the boot sector on my HDD? > > Thanks, > James > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >