Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 19:05:48 -0800 From: Nocturne <dpilgrim@uswest.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: "G. Adam Stanislav" <zen@buddhist.com> Subject: Re: Horror story Message-ID: <36E9D60C.F26F86EE@uswest.net> References: <3.0.6.32.19990312184205.008eabe0@mail.bfm.org>
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[Note to Adam: I have forwarded your question to freebsd-questions, the appropriate list to ask ALL technical questions (esp. when they pertain to problems like yours.)] [Note to all: Please be sure to remove my address, dpilgrim@uswest.net, from the addressee list when replying, thanks.] On March 12, 1999 @ 18:42:05 (-0600), "G. Adam Stanislav" wrote: >Yesterday I received my new 10.2 Gig hard drive. I ordered it because I was >running FreeBSD on a 60 Meg slice I cut out of my Windows disk. > >Well, my BIOS CMOS would not accept 10.2 Gig. I called the manufacturer's >tech support, and explained I needed a @ Gig slice for Windows, and the >rest for FreeBSD. "For what?" Unix, you know, FreeBSD. > >"Oh, no problem, you need Ontrack Disk Manager. That will let you do that. >Download it from our web site." > >I did as advised. It turned out Disk Manager is a brain dead piece of >software. It partitioned the disk into 5 2 Gig partitions, and OVEROTE my >MBR!!! Form then on, I was unable to log back on to my small FreeBSD system. > >So, I uninstalled Disk Manager and deleted all partitions but the first >one. No good. My MBR was still coming up with Disk Manager! > >I logged onto FreeBSD.org and read the section on how to restore my MBR. >The software said it restored my MBR successfully. Rejoiced, I rebooted, >just to get the Disk Manager again. > >I finally decided to say good bye to everything I had on my FreeBSD and to >install version 3.1 from scratch. This morning, I started the ftp download. > >Nine hours later, I was disconnected from my ISP (it has happened before, >and they always blamed it on me, so I did not even bother calling them). > >The install program happily continued with the system setup. adding users, >configuring fonts, etc. Then I rebooted. Got as far as "boot:". > >>From then on, no matter what I typed in (such as wd1, wd1s2a, or just plain >enter), the "boot:" thing just kept coming. > >I got this wonderful hard disk, I got the most powerful OS in the world on >it, but I cannot use it. > >Any suggestions??? -- dpilgrim@uswest.net ICQ: 29880099 gryph@mindless.com PGP DH/DSS key available If you're gonna build a house of cards, use the plastic coated kind Cuz I'll bet the homeowner's insurance won't cover flood damage To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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