freebsd 10. trashing hard drives?

[Erich Dollansky]

Hi,

On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 02:45:18 -0500
bill <bill at vultures.cc> wrote:

> 
> On 04/16/2014 01:50 AM, Erich Dollansky wrote:
> > FreeBSD starts a fresh installation with a GPT schema. Even with my 
> > much newer machine, I am not able to use GPT. Just try if MBR
> > works. Eric
> 
> Thanks Erich I thought that might be the problem. But i have no idea
> how del or change the mbr, or the gpt partitioning, as i am unable to
> boot the computer at all with the hd installed?
> 
put the disk into an USB case. You can then boot from CD or thumb drive
and do the install again. Do not forget to edit fstab before rebooting.

Erich