From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 26 4: 7: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D6F037B401 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 04:07:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [63.93.4.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3D1D43E7B for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 04:07:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost.wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.12.1/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6QB73uF096661; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 05:07:03 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.12.1/8.12.1/Submit) with ESMTP id g6QB73Qv096658; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 05:07:03 -0600 (MDT)?g (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 05:07:03 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Adam Weinberger Cc: neodan85@optonline.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dan wants xp back. In-Reply-To: <20020726061634.GK50921@vectors.cx> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Adam Weinberger wrote: > if you've been able to format the disk (did you let XP do it, or did you > do it with other software?), then the problem is possibly with the disk > itself. where are you seeing this error? is it spitting it out right > when the computer boots up, or once the XP installation begins? I'm wondering what version of FreeBSD it was. Maybe it's a "dangerously dedicated" partition which FDISK /MBR will fix? -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message