From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 29 18:36:48 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f119.law4.hotmail.com [216.33.149.119]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C315B37B554 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 18:36:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from skysailing@hotmail.com) Received: (qmail 73039 invoked by uid 0); 30 Mar 2000 02:36:45 -0000 Message-ID: <20000330023645.73038.qmail@hotmail.com> Received: from 24.66.126.33 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 18:36:45 PST X-Originating-IP: [24.66.126.33] From: "Terry Moore" To: jeff.koncz@directionsmag.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: still cannot boot Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 10:36:45 SGT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG thanks, I set it before, it's useless . I reinstalled a version 4.0 release from FTP, and I set the item again, it still didn't work. As I know, I needn't set the bootable flag if I use Boot Manager, right? ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Jeff Koncz" To: "Terry Moore" Subject: RE: I cannot boot(may I ask this question?) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 15:48:31 -0800 Terry, Here's one thing you can check. Boot back into the FreeBSD install program (from cd or floppy). Select "Configure" -> "Fdisk". Now make sure that your FreeBSD partition has been set to be bootable (Command "S" from the Fdisk menu). If it isn't, set it, then write the changes (Command "W"), exit out of sysinstall and reboot. Jeff -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Terry Moore Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 11:27 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: I cannot boot(may I ask this question?) I'm a newbie of FreeBSD. I installed version 3.2 on my PC. It's PentiumIII with Asus PBF3 motherboard and Maxtor 91531U3 HD. I installed a windows98 on it before. When I installed FreeBSD, I noticed(I read the FAQ first) the CHS values is different from those in BIOS, so I use "G" to modify them(if I dont modify them, it doesn't work either), then do all things followed the instructions. No error messages appeared. But when I reboot( I installed BOOT Manager), it displayed F1: DOS, F3: FreeBSD. I choose F3, it beeps, nothing happend. I don't know what's wrong, I tried several times but failed again. I'm a windows programmer and farmiliar with PC hardware. Pls teach me how to resolve this problem and thank u very much. Need I replace a harddisk? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message