Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 12:38:41 -0600 (CDT) From: Meng Kam Chong <chong@eecs.ukans.edu> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: The small program Message-ID: <199505041738.MAA11898@mitchell.eecs.ukans.edu.eecs.ukans.edu>
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Hi, I have tried to install the BSD to my 486 machine. But I was not success because I do not have a cdrom reader that can be recognized by BSD. So, I copied part of the BSD source code to my hard disk, and install from it. Then, I am able to install the basic system, the help mannual. Recently, my hard disk crashed. I think it is the Boot Manager program that cause the problem. Before my computer crashed, I was using NORTON utility. The NORTON told me that a samll program was trying to write something to my boot sector, then it asked me whether I want to solve the problem. Then I press yes and the system reboot. My computer crashed. When I first installed the BSD, I installed the boot manager so I could choose to boot from dos or BSD. Seem like the boot manager write something to my boot sector of my hard disks and destroy my dos partition table. When my partition table was destroyed, it gave a the message "invalid partition table" when I rebbot my machine. CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO DELETE THE BOOT MANAGER OR HOW TO SOLVE IT? Even though I have re-installed all my application, I still get the message that a program is still trying to write something to my boot sector. I afraid that it will crash my hard disks again. I bought my FreeBSD 2.0 in Jan 1995, can I return and exchange it with linux slackware because I don't have the hardware to install BSD. I can pay for the shipping and handling. If I can exchange my FreeBSD with linux slackware, what should I do? Thank you very much. Your customer, Wesley Chong
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