I had this problem at one point ! Im glad it happened to me first so that I
could help. This is by far the most interesting and friendly list Ive ever
seen .. It keeps me using NetBSD because of the undying user - user
support. Kept open this is why this OS is worth a damn. The opportunity to
speak with people that actually write _the_ code for this OS makes it ever
so interesting. And these developers are so kind as to lend a hand when
something is 'unconfigured'

I just wnated to say thanks to all of you who make this list what it is and
more importantly who make this OS what it is .

Cheers

Tony Hernandez








Heron Gallegos wrote:

> Matthias wrote:
> > > I installed 1.4 over the hard disk, i think
> > > the install diskette wrote the partition table over the linux table.
> >
> > The standard installation does not overwrite the master boot record
> > if it appears to contain a valid bootloader.
> > You should reinstall it with "fdisk -i".
>
> YES, YES, there was a valid bootloader in the hard disk
> Thanks a lot
>
> I used the fdisk utility (win95 with support for large partitions)
> to overwrite the table and MBR.
> Then i installed NetBSD 1.4 without problems...
> It works fine now, thanks a lot Matthias, Dave, Tony, Christos
>
> Heron Gallegos
> Centro Siglo XXI - Informatica Educativa
> Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico