moving a disk

2009-08-24 Thread PJ
I am trying to move a 7.2 installation to another computer where it is to be the only OS acting as a server for the lan. On bootup I get the message: Using drive 0, partition 3. And there it hangs. I have tried to rewrite the mbr but that did absolutely nothing. fik ad0 returns: partitions 1,2,3

Re: moving a disk

2009-08-24 Thread PJ
PJ wrote: I am trying to move a 7.2 installation to another computer where it is to be the only OS acting as a server for the lan. On bootup I get the message: Using drive 0, partition 3. And there it hangs. I have tried to rewrite the mbr but that did absolutely nothing. fik ad0 returns:

Re: moving a disk

2009-08-24 Thread Roland Smith
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:50:28AM -0400, PJ wrote: PJ wrote: I am trying to move a 7.2 installation to another computer where it is to be the only OS acting as a server for the lan. On bootup I get the message: Using drive 0, partition 3. And there it hangs. Probably because the boot

Re: moving a disk

2009-08-24 Thread PJ
Roland Smith wrote: On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:50:28AM -0400, PJ wrote: PJ wrote: I am trying to move a 7.2 installation to another computer where it is to be the only OS acting as a server for the lan. On bootup I get the message: Using drive 0, partition 3. And there it hangs.

Re: moving a disk

2009-08-24 Thread Tim Judd
On 8/24/09, Roland Smith rsm...@xs4all.nl wrote: On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:50:28AM -0400, PJ wrote: PJ wrote: I am trying to move a 7.2 installation to another computer where it is to be the only OS acting as a server for the lan. On bootup I get the message: Using drive 0, partition 3.

Re: moving a disk

2009-08-24 Thread Roland Smith
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 02:33:25PM -0400, PJ wrote: I'm afraid I was a bit impatient Patience is a virtue. Installing stuff can take hours, and a split-second can suffice to screw it all up. Been there done that. :-) and messed up the already messed up disk... frankly, I don't recall

Re: moving a disk

2009-08-24 Thread PJ
Roland Smith wrote: On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 02:33:25PM -0400, PJ wrote: I'm afraid I was a bit impatient Patience is a virtue. Installing stuff can take hours, and a split-second can suffice to screw it all up. Been there done that. :-) and messed up the already messed up