Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 12:44:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: MrPtatoHed@aol.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: stupid question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808171242430.26224-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <50714573.35d674e5@aol.com>
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This isn't exactly FreeBSD related, but it's easy. On Sun, 16 Aug 1998 MrPtatoHed@aol.com wrote: > if this a place to get help then please help! what do i do when a computer > says "missing operatiing system" when it starts up?? i reinstalled msdos 6.2 > and it doesnt work. any suggestions greatly appreciated It means the BIOS couldn't find an operating system installed on your hard drive to boot, or the selected partition didn't exist. To fix, boot a DOS boot floppy with fdisk on it (the first DOS install floppy does, I think) and run fdisk /mbr to reset the MBR, then fdisk again and select the desired partition. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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