Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 08:08:37 +1000 From: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> To: "Joss Scholten" <et@compnerd.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP! Message-ID: <00051108113701.00371@freebsd.freebsd.org> References: <200005090245.TAA00558@mail14.bigmailbox.com>
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Get a second computer from second hand computer stores and install FreeBSD on that box. Called it (playpen). From memory to solve your problem. Well firstly you did to have what is known as the magical "bootdisk" . Then run fdisk. then choose 4 to see you have a fat /BSD partion Choose 3 Choose 4 to delete non dos partitions Press Esc. After it boots up the second time type in fdisk/mbr this will reinstall your masterboot record . On Tue, 09 May 2000, Joss Scholten wrote: > Hi, > > I have been reading in to Perl, CGI-Scripts, but into doing so have discovered I need a UNIX server to run the web page on. I found this OS, and thought that it may be of use to me. I followed the majority of the instructions, but I do not remember what I did exactly, and now have found that I can not get Window's (Win 98) to get in to once more. I installed it in the DOS prompt using disks, placing the kern.flp on one disk and mfsroot.flp on the other. Right now, what I have done doesn't matter. I have tried using Partition Magic and the 'FIPS' executable included in the file transfer protocol, but I can not repartition the hard drive because I did not use them at first. > I am running out of options, and over 5 years of data which is very important to me is on the drive. Right now when I bring up the C drive, I am presented with 15 files. Although I assume these files are for the FreeBSD partition of the drive, I am worried. Can you please help me in any way possible? > > Gratefully, > Joss Scholten > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > The CompNerd Network: http://www.compnerd.net/ > Where a nerd can be a nerd. Get your free webmail@compnerd.net! > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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