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Old 01-18-2002
Bad PBR on Intel Machine

I recentlly installed solaris 8 on a 2G HD successfully ,
but cannot boot pass a screen that has a error message
"BAD PBR".
My queston would be is how do I get pass this and
how do I repair it?
I have visited the SUN SYSTEM website many times
trying to get information.

thanks
Mogfog
# 2  
Old 01-18-2002
Are you booting more than one OS on the same machine?
If so, check this out:
http://math.uwb.edu.pl/~mariusz/multiboot/iii/1.html
# 3  
Old 01-18-2002
Bad PBR on Intel Machine

Thanks LivinFree
That information in that website is really great.
I'll try some of those troubleshooting techniques.

Mogfog
 
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