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From: wshs_chat@yahoo.com
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Subject: Your program screwed up my computer big time.
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>Number:         5241
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       Your program screwed up my computer big time.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Dec  6 14:50:01 PST 1997
>Closed-Date:    Sat Dec 6 16:15:09 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:  Sat Dec  6 23:00:01 PST 1997
>Originator:     someone
>Release:        ?
>Organization:
>Environment:
?
>Description:
My computer won't work, it won't boot, etc.  I am using another computer.
>How-To-Repeat:
Boot with the copy of FreeBSD bootdisk I'm using
>Fix:
I wish I knew
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: hoek 
State-Changed-When: Sat Dec 6 16:15:09 PST 1997 
State-Changed-Why:  
[this was submitted through the www pr form] 

1) Restore from the backup you made. 
2) Verify that everything you tell sysinstall is correct 
3) Try again, using a clean freshly-ftp'd bootdisk from ftp.freebsd.org 
4) If it still happens, resubmit this pr, excpet be sure to include 
pertinent information about your hardware, disks, and anything else. 

Thanks! 

From: Tim Vanderhoek <tim@ppp1636.on.bellglobal.com>
To: wshs_chat@yahoo.com
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org
Subject: Re: misc/5241: Your program screwed up my computer big time.
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 19:10:47 -0500 (EST)

 On Sat, 6 Dec 1997 wshs_chat@yahoo.com wrote:
 
 > >Description:
 > My computer won't work, it won't boot, etc.  I am using another computer.
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 > Boot with the copy of FreeBSD bootdisk I'm using
 
 This doesn't appear to be a problem with FreeBSD.  Whatever
 happened between when you booted with the FreeBSD bootdisk and
 afterwards sounds hardware-related.  The exception is if you did
 actually try installing FreeBSD and (for example) installed over
 whatever existing OS you may have had.  Unfortunately, there is a
 limited amount we can do to prevent such configuration-related
 problems, which is the major you are instructed to backup first.
 
 However, if, as you say, it simply won't boot (ie. even inserting
 your trusty DOS boot disk), then FreeBSD is simply very unlikely
 to be at fault.
 
 And, of course, your how-to-repeat isn't really much use,
 anyways.  Obviously it doesn't repeat on most (any?) computers.
 If it's repeatable, then there's something special about your
 setup, your hardware, etc.
 
 
 --
  tIM...HOEk
 OPTIMIZATION: the process of using many one-letter variables names
               hoping that the resultant code will run faster.
 
>Unformatted:
