Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 11:43:07 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@pike.osd.bsdi.com> To: Doug Lee <dgl@visi.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Is `fdisk /mbr' REQUIRED to reuse DD drives? Message-ID: <200008041843.LAA43862@pike.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008040432080.397-100000@kirk.dsl.visi.com> from Doug Lee at "Aug 4, 2000 04:40:37 am"
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Doug Lee wrote: > I have a 4GB IDE drive formerly "dangerously dedicated" as a FreeBSD drive > but which now lives in a Win95 box. I moved the drive from the FreeBSD > box to the Windows box, then ran fdisk (it took a couple of runs and CMOS > updates to get the Windows box to recognize the full 4GB), then format, > sys (I forgot about format /s), and finally copied all my files to it > under Windows to preserve long names. It all works..... > > except that it won't boot. I can boot from a customized floppy that hops > straight into Win95 on C:, but if I try to boot the C drive, I get > something roughly like "bank 0 fp bank 1 fp boot error" and a machine > that waits for a better idea of where to start. (I'm not home right now, > so I'm having to reproduce the error message from my faulty memory :-) I > have two theories: (1) My BIOS can't handle booting from the drive, and > (2) I have to run fdisk/mbr to fix this. Before I tinker with the drive > (which is now full of data), I thought I'd ask those of you who have > converted DD drives to more standard configurations... > > Is there a chance that running fdisk/mbr would help here, or would it be a > waste of time by now? Most likely, yes. fdisk /mbr updates the code used to boot your machine, and that probably hasn't been touched since you initially put dd mode on it. As a result, it is trying to boot FreeBSD and failing. :) -- John Baldwin <jhb@bsdi.com> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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