Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 21:40:12 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> To: steve@microdot.com (Steve Spiller) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MBR Message-ID: <199512020540.VAA00778@ref.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951201192102.158A-100000@ledzeppelin.microdot.com> from "Steve Spiller" at Dec 1, 95 07:22:59 pm
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> what does 'fdisk' say about your disk? sounds like the 'partition table part of the MBR is still ok .. you may do a fdisk -iu /dev/.... and then you should type in all the figures again (there aren't that many of them) > > Well, I won't go into the details of how I got where I am, but here's my > problem. When I try to boot from my HD I get "Invalid Partition Table". > If I boot from the bootdisk and enter hd(a,0)/kernel at the Boot: prompt, > my system boots up normally with no problems. My question is : Is there > a way to write out the MBR ( or whatever is wrong ) to my HD without > reinstaling the whole system? > > > -Steve > steve@microdot.com > >
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