Re: help!
From: Alvin (alvintsang_at_vfemail.net)
Date: 03/09/04
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Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 21:45:34 +0800
OK, can ignore my message because i fixed it up. apparently some error on
the LBA, whatever that means. fixed it by going to BIOS and changing to
diagnostic boot. then used my recovery CD and it at last let me run it
without popping up with a message that there isn't enough extended memory.
yes!
On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 18:50:15 +0800, Alvin wrote:
> argh...
> i think i busted my laptop! i dont undersstand how. I was booting up
> freebsd, and i switched it off in the middle because i realized i want o
> boot into another os. After that, i tried booting into BSD again. it
> failed so i thought i must have busted up my BSD installation. Ok, i try
> to reinstall it, but it keeps giving me error, cannot load /kernel. i say,
> ok. try burning a new BSD cd, maybe it got scratched. nope, still not
> working. so i try to scrap my entire hard drive. I boot up with a win 98
> boot floppy to fdisk the hard disk clean. delete primary partition and
> non-DOS partitions. I try to get rid of the extended partition, but it
> won';t let me. says there is still a logical partition. i try to delete
> the logical partition within the extended partition. won't let me, says
> there is no logical partition inside!
>
> darn.
>
> I try booting with a linux cd. once it gets to loading initrd.img, it then
> just reboots itself, endless cycle. try booting with a winxp cd jsut so i
> can clean away the hard disk and start again. says there is not enough
> extended memory!! and wont let me proceed.
>
> argh, what the hell is wrong?how can i just scrap the entire hard disk?
> nothing i have tried is working.my laptop is useless now
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