Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 10:54:30 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: MEMPHISTO <szoli@caesar.elte.hu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD crash Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970404105255.1738E-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.A32.3.96.970404160957.23241D-100000@caesar.power.elte.hu>
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On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, MEMPHISTO wrote: > I'm writing this letter, because I "succesfully" crashed my FreeBSD > system with a Windows NT and an OPeNSTEP on my machine. I installed > Caldera's OpenDOS to replace an existing version of it. I knew it would > ruin Windows NT's bootstrapper, but I thought that as earlier I can > correct it by the 'repair Windows NT' in the WinNT install or simply > saving the C: partition's bootsector and, after the install replacing > the original bootsector to its original place. I chose the second way. > After doing it, the NT couldn't boot, because of "incorrect boot > device". That sounds like classic Microsoft at work, hosing the boot systems. > Then I tried to boot both of the BSD's (Openstep and FreeBSD) but they > couldn't boot, too, and it seems like, that FreeBSD has lost its > disklabel infromation (I tried to fix it with the FreeBSD boot/fixit > disks, but I didn't succeed, I even couldn't mount the DOS partition). You couldn't access any partition at all? > I use a FreeBSD RELEASE-2.1.5. The harddisk is a QUANTUM BigFoot 2.5G > HD, with three partitions, the first is a DOS/VFAT partition for > OpenDOS/Windows NT, the second is for FreeBSD, there are / (root), /usr, > /var (FreeBSD) partititions in it, the third is for OpenStep. I'd be > very thankful if anyone could help me. Well, if NT destroyed the partition data, then, well, it's gone unless you have a backup. Do the slices appear in FDISK? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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