On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 05:32:04 +0000 (UTC), Phil Thomson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I assume that you are installing *only* FreeBSD on the Pentium and not > > multibooting it. Did you select to install the standard MBR or did u > > select to leave he MBR untouched? What happens when you try to boot > > the system fromthe hadr drive? > > Yes, FreeBSD is to be the only system on the machine. I actually don't > remember what I chose to do with regards to the MBR; was there a point in > the installation I would have made that choice? I'm pretty sure I would > have chosen to install the standard MBR as there are no other systems on > the machine. Is there a way I can fix the MBR now if that's the issue? I > couldn't find that in sysinstall. > > When I try to boot from the hard drive, it says "Read error". > > P
Looks to me as if your hard drive is dead. Regards S. -- Subhro Sankha Kar School of Information Technology Block AQ-13/1 Sector V ZIP 700091 India _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
