Date: Sun, 1 Sep 1996 23:06:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Chris Scarff <trackster@augusta.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to Boot Properly Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960901230449.227b-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3228CE37.76C7@augusta.net>
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On Sat, 31 Aug 1996, Chris Scarff wrote: > I've read, installed and repeated that process five times. I can't get > the computer to boot either from a boot manager on the primary drive or > from a floppy. Boot up to install yes, but not after the install! > > I would REALLY like to boot from a floppy disk like I do with Linux. You can -- use the Boot: prompt. wd(1,a)/kernel will boot a second IDE disk. > History: > Cyrix 686 P166 > 16 Megs EDO RAM > 2x Panasonic CD-ROM > 3.5" FD > Running Windoze 95 > 1.2 gig HD (Western Digital) [PRIMARY - DOS/Windoze] > 245 Meg HD all for BSD [SECONDARY - FreeBSD]. > > When I go thru the install and it asks me weather to use a boot manager > or not, it says that it will ask me more questions about where I want to > boot from later. > When I do tell it to use a boot manager (because nothing else has > worked so far) the 1.2 gig HD (primary) doesn't use the boot manager. > I'm affraid I'll overwrite my 1.2 gig if I screw up. This is a known bug. You have to install the boot manager manually on your first disk. It's called 'bootinst.exe' and 'boot.bin' in the tools directory. > I've tried 0:wdc1a and 0:wdc0b and all types of variations. Try my line above. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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