Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:47:51 -0600 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: tonylabarbara@aol.com, norgaard@locolomo.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My Rebuild Problem Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20080226104601.0260a658@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <8CA468F4FB465CB-940-1B9A@webmail-de04.sysops.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>
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At 07:04 AM 2/26/2008, tonylabarbara@aol.com wrote:
>I would like to reformat and start over, but I don=C2=B4t know how. As I w=
rote=20
>earlier, I keep getting the below-mentioned loop. How do I just reformat=
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>the disk? Also, concerning BIOS, not the problem, since I successfully=20
>installed earlier.
>
>beno
If you want to re-format the drive, download a CD image from the drive=20
manufacturer's website. Most manufacturer's have bootable CD images that=
=20
include utilities to test and format their drives.
-Derek
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com>
>To: tonylabarbara@aol.com; norgaard@locolomo.org;=20
>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
>Sent: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 8:32 pm
>Subject: Re: My Rebuild Problem
>
>
>
>At 09:14 AM 2/23/2008, tonylabarbara@aol.com wrote:=C2
> >Now I get this when I try and log on:=C2
> >=C2
> >=C2
> >no /boot/loader=C2
> >=C2
> >All I want to do is rebuild the silly FBSD! Again, I fell into this=20
> silly >loop when I tried to rebuild:=C2
> >=C2
> >-- Select Drive=C2
> >-- FDISK Partition Editor ("Q")=C2
> >-- Install Boot Manager=C2
> >=C2
> >and it just goes round, and round, and round. Can I just wipe the disk=
=20
> and >start over? And why these strange problems? I=C3=82=C2=B4m not conne=
cted to=20
> the >Internet, so no possibility of virus. Never had this problem before.=
=C2
> >Help!=C2
> >Tony=C2
>=C2
>Tony,=C2
>=C2
>You don't mention what version you installing.=C2
>=C2
>Be sure your BIOS is not set to not allow boot sector writes. Some BIOS=20
>have this set to thwart boot sector viruses.=C2
>=C2
>A few things you can try:=C2
>You can boot FreeDOS and run booteasy from the tools folder on the FreeBSD=
=20
>install CD to install the boot-manager.=C2
>Boot the FreeBSD install CD and use the emergency shell to check the hard=
=20
>drive for the correct creation of the folders and kernel.=C2
>=C2
>If all else fails you can reformat and start over.=C2
>=C2
>=C2 -Derek=C2
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