Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 13:21:08 -0500 From: "Wes" <klaymen@ev1.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Installation trouble Message-ID: <000b01bea6db$a17c0220$2e4e58d8@hal>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01BEA6B1.736FEDD0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I downloaded the 3.1 release of FreeBSD and was installing it when I = think a made a mistake. My original configuration on a 486 with 16mb = RAM, functioning as a file server, was: =20 c:\ 162mb HDD running Windows 95 and MS-Dos shell 5.0 d:\ 1.7GB HDD holding data e:\ 1.0GB SCSI HDD holding data f:\ 1.0GB SCSI HDD holding data I wanted to leave win95 and dos on the small drive (c:\), and set up a = boot menu to direct the computer to the 1.7GB drive (d:\) where FreeBSD = would be located. I installed the Boot Menu first and then re-ran the = instalation program. In the drive section, I told it to allocate itself = 250mb off of the 1.7GB drive, which I can only guess it did. I received = a fatal error that made me restart the computer. Now when I boot up, I = receive the FreeBSD boot menu (F1 for dos, F5 for drive 1) , as = expected. When F1 is pressed (DOS), Win95 boots up like normal, except, = now I cannot see the 1.7GB drive or any of it's data. When I hit F5 = (drive 1) from the boot menu, it tells me I have an Invalid Partition = Table. (note: BIOS still sees the drive) My question is this: how can I get back the data on the 1.7GB drive and = restore my computer to it's original working order?=20 I still want to install FreeBSD, but not on the same drive. I have = decided to reformat the small drive (162mb) and devote it to running dos = and FreeBSD, but I DO NOT want to have to reformat the 1.7GB drive. It = holds a lot of data that I want to keep. The 1.7GB drive is a Western = Digital that uses EZdrive to boot up (I think this may have something to = do with the problem). I would like to delete the FreeBSD boot menu and = the 250mb Partition that I assume the installation created, so that I = may get back to normal, from which I can then proceed. =20 Thank-you for your time and please reply! =20 Wes Thomas klaymen@SPAMKILLERev1.net (take out the SPAMKILLER when replying) "Listen to your heart, not the voices in your head." ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01BEA6B1.736FEDD0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I downloaded the 3.1 release of FreeBSD = and was=20 installing it when I think a made a mistake. My original configuration = on a 486=20 with 16mb RAM, functioning as a file server, was:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>c:\ 162mb HDD running = Windows 95 and=20 MS-Dos shell 5.0</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>d:\ 1.7GB HDD holding = data</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>e:\ 1.0GB SCSI HDD holding=20 data</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>f:\ 1.0GB SCSI=20 HDD holding data</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I wanted to leave win95 and dos on the = small drive=20 (c:\), and set up a boot menu to direct the computer to the = 1.7GB=20 drive (d:\) where FreeBSD would be located. I installed the Boot Menu = first and=20 then re-ran the instalation program. In the drive section, I = told it=20 to allocate itself 250mb off of the 1.7GB drive, which I can only guess = it did.=20 I received a fatal error that made me restart the computer. Now when I = boot up,=20 I receive the FreeBSD boot menu (F1 for dos, F5 for drive 1) , as = expected. When=20 F1 is pressed (DOS), Win95 boots up like normal, except, now I cannot = see the=20 1.7GB drive or any of it's data. When I hit F5 (drive 1) from the = boot=20 menu, it tells me I have an Invalid Partition Table. (note: BIOS still = sees the=20 drive)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My question is this: how can I get back = the data on=20 the 1.7GB drive and restore my computer to it's original working order?=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I still want to install FreeBSD, but = not on the=20 same drive. I have decided to reformat the small drive (162mb) and = devote it to=20 running dos and FreeBSD, but I DO NOT want to have to reformat the 1.7GB = drive.=20 It holds a lot of data that I want to keep. The 1.7GB drive is a Western = Digital=20 that uses EZdrive to boot up (I think this may have something to do with = the=20 problem). I would like to delete the FreeBSD boot menu and the 250mb = Partition=20 that I assume the installation created, so that I may get back to = normal,=20 from which I can then proceed.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thank-you for your time and please=20 reply!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Wes Thomas<BR><A=20 href=3D"mailto:klaymen@SPAMKILLERev1.net">klaymen@SPAMKILLERev1.net</A> = (take out=20 the SPAMKILLER when replying)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"Listen to your heart, not the voices = in your=20 head."</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01BEA6B1.736FEDD0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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