From: lucio@proxima.alt.za
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: Booting problem after fresh install from 20080203 iso.
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:19:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2f0d3cb4a030cd7a08e62b77f00d7de3@proxima.alt.za> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ba0d3bc70802120020m86473bcue4ba2d93d7dcfaf1@mail.gmail.com>
> 1. I zeroed the target harddisk before installation like this: "dd -if
> /dev/zero -of /dev/sdC1/data".
You wiped out the MBR on the disk, use DOS's FDISK/MBR (sic) to
restore it, it is the least painful way to fix this type of problem,
in my experience.
++L
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-12 9:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-05 20:19 [9fans] " Sander van Dijk
2008-02-05 23:24 ` [9fans] " Sander van Dijk
2008-02-12 8:20 ` Sander van Dijk
2008-02-12 9:19 ` lucio [this message]
2008-02-12 20:14 ` Sander van Dijk
2008-02-13 4:29 ` lucio
2008-02-13 13:41 ` erik quanstrom
2008-02-18 18:51 ` Sander van Dijk
2008-02-12 12:50 ` erik quanstrom
2008-02-12 13:26 ` Sander van Dijk
2008-02-12 13:36 ` erik quanstrom
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