From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 26 13:42:28 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45FB11065674 for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:42:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from a.j.werven@student.utwente.nl) Received: from smtp.utwente.nl (unknown [IPv6:2001:610:1908:1000:204:23ff:feb7:ef56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D937413C44B for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:42:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from a.j.werven@student.utwente.nl) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (vpn182055.student.utwente.nl [130.89.182.55]) by smtp.utwente.nl (8.12.10/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id m1QDg1nt025612; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:42:04 +0100 Message-ID: <47C4172F.3060509@student.utwente.nl> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:42:07 +0000 From: "Alphons \"Fonz\" van Werven" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: tonylabarbara@aol.com References: <8CA4445F7AA44A9-730-2E26@webmail-md07.sysops.aol.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20080223132508.024980a8@mail.computinginnovations.com> <8CA468F4FB465CB-940-1B9A@webmail-de04.sysops.aol.com> In-Reply-To: <8CA468F4FB465CB-940-1B9A@webmail-de04.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-UTwente-MailScanner-Information: Scanned by MailScanner. Contact servicedesk@icts.utwente.nl for more information. X-UTwente-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-UTwente-MailScanner-From: a.j.werven@student.utwente.nl X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, derek@computinginnovations.com Subject: Re: My Rebuild Problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:42:28 -0000 tonylabarbara@aol.com wrote: > I would like to reformat and start over, but I don´t know how. As I wrote > earlier, I keep getting the below-mentioned loop. >> All I want to do is rebuild the silly FBSD! Again, I fell into this silly >> loop when I tried to rebuild: >> >> -- Select Drive >> -- FDISK Partition Editor ("Q") >> -- Install Boot Manager >> >> and it just goes round, and round, and round. At first I didn't see it, but looking at it as quoted by somebody else, it seems familiar all of a sudden. First, do all the partitioning you need. After that, when asked (again) to select a drive, don't select any. Just use TAB to get to OK without any disks selected. This ought to get you out of the "loop". Alphons (hope I remembered correctly) -- All right, that does it Bill [Donahue]. I'm pretty sure that killing Jesus is not very Christian. -- pope Benedict XVI, South Park episode #158