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Date:      Wed, 12 Jul 2000 12:57:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Rick Hamell <hamellr@aracnet.com>
To:        Gemini Domino <computerdeity@geocities.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Boot loader CLEARING active parition flags??!?!
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.21.0007121256270.17446-100000@shell1.aracnet.com>
In-Reply-To: <002301bfec39$67586300$0200a8c0@castor>

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> For some reason, every time I boot into FreeBSD (dual booting with
> windows98), the next time I reboot, I get "Not found any [active
> partition] on hard drive". I have to boot with a dos diskette and run
> fdisk to manually reset the active partition. Any one know WHAT the
> heck is doing this and how to fix it?

	Try a dos boot disk run fdisk /mbr. You'll have to reinstall
FreeBSD's boot loader afterwards though. You MBR is probally corrupted.


						Rick



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