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From: rschutt@vt.edu (Ryan Schutt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: System Commander wiped out my BSD partition, HELP!!
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 04:55:47 GMT
Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
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tim@lundeen.com (Tim Lundeen) wrote:

>rschutt@vt.edu (Ryan Schutt) wrote:

>>Recently I tried to install System Commander 2.24 so I didn't have to
>>boot FreeBSD from a floppy all the time.  System Commander detected my
>>Win95 partition and BSD partition correctly, or so it seemed.  Win95
>>boots up ok, but when I try FreeBSD, it says 'No bootable partition'.

>I had the same problem, and called V Communications about it. System
>Commander apparently has a problem with FreeBSD 2.1, and handles the
>boot track incorrectly (thinks it's a "B5" when it should be an "A5").
>I've sent them the boot information, and they expected to have a fix
>pretty quickly, but I haven't heard back yet.



>Michael Krieg
>Technical Support Manager
>mkrieg@lundeen.com

Well, I use FreeBSD 2.0.5, and I think it said A5 beside UNIX.
Anyway, I reinsatlled a minimal configuration and immediately slapped
System Commander on, and sure enough, I couldn't get back into
FreeBSD.  I reinstalled with booteasy and it seems to work fine.
System Commander is eeeevil....

Ryan