From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Jan 31 10:02:51 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA27433 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 10:02:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ceia.nordier.com (m2-20-dbn.dial-up.net [196.34.155.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA27426 for ; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 10:02:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rnordier@nordier.com) Received: (from rnordier@localhost) by ceia.nordier.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id TAA05078; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 19:58:54 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier Message-Id: <199901311758.TAA05078@ceia.nordier.com> Subject: Re: disk problem at bootup... (me too!) In-Reply-To: <36B4865A.DDBBE975@softweyr.com> from Wes Peters at "Jan 31, 99 09:35:38 am" To: wes@softweyr.com (Wes Peters) Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 19:58:52 +0200 (SAT) Cc: owensc@enc.edu, root@jules.res.cmu.edu, stable@FreeBSD.ORG, kingsled@enc.edu, rnordier@nordier.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Wes Peters wrote: > Charles Owens wrote: > > > > When attempting the first boot I get a "missing operating system" > > error. I can get into the system by booting from the install floppy and > > typing "0:da(0,a)/boot/loader" at the first boot prompt. > > > > So I'm thinking that my messing around with dangerously dedicated mode > > must have screwed something up. Thus far I've done this to attempt to > > fix it: > > > > -- Booted the install disk. When to fdisk screen and did the normal > > thing I'd do during and install: Use all disk (_not_ dangerously > > dedicated), Set FBSD partition bootable. Then I hit 'W' to write it > > out. Didn't help. > > You've lost your "boot block", aka the master boot record. On most FreeBSD > systems, this is BootEasy, the one that is installed by default. > > You need to go far enough through the install to get to the point where > it asks you if you want to install the boot manager. Answer yes, go > on to the next screen, then reboot. Alternatively, you can boot from a > DOS floppy or Win95 "start disk" and run the booteasy install program > from the FreeBSD CD-ROM. I don't think this is going to help; and a boot manager is unneccesary where only one slice is defined (a standard MBR is already installed). -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message