Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 06:54:31 -0400 From: "Gemini Domino" <computerdeity@geocities.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Boot loader CLEARING active parition flags??!?! Message-ID: <004a01bfebef$8f9e71a0$0200a8c0@castor>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0047_01BFEBCE.07EE20A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Gemini Domino=20 To: questions@freebsd.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 01:02 Subject: Boot loader CLEARING active parition flags??!?! 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?=20 Thanks ********* "To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out = the third case: one must be both -- a philosopher" "The better the state is established, the fainter is humanity. To make = the individual uncomfortable, that is my task."=20 "A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the = only ones that modern men still read with exactness."=20 "The bite of conscience, like the bite of a dog into a stone, is a = stupidity."=20 Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche ------=_NextPart_000_0047_01BFEBCE.07EE20A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dwindows-1252" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20 <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20 href=3D"mailto:computerdeity@geocities.com"=20 title=3Dcomputerdeity@geocities.com>Gemini Domino</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A href=3D"mailto:questions@freebsd.org"=20 title=3Dquestions@freebsd.org>questions@freebsd.org</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 12, 2000 01:02</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Boot loader CLEARING active parition = flags??!?!</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>For some reason, every time I boot into FreeBSD = (dual booting=20 with windows98), the next time I reboot, I get "Not found any [active = partition]=20 on hard drive". I have to boot with a dos diskette and run fdisk to = manually=20 reset the active partition. Any one know WHAT the heck is doing this and = how to=20 fix it? </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Thanks</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>*********</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>"To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says = Aristotle.=20 Leaving out the third case: one must be both -- a = philosopher"</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>"The better the state is established, the fainter is = humanity.=20 To make the individual uncomfortable, that is my task." </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>"A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that = its writings=20 are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness." = </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>"The bite of conscience, like the bite of a dog into = a stone,=20 is a stupidity." </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Friedrich Wilhelm = Nietzsche</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0047_01BFEBCE.07EE20A0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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