From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 24 15:44:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail4.visi.net (geneva.visi.net [206.246.194.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 795BB14BE3 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 1999 15:44:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jeg@visi.net) Received: from visi.net (ppp18.ts2.Smithfield.visi.net [206.246.198.210]) by mail4.visi.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA10092 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 1999 18:51:47 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <31CF71E8.F2CC594E@visi.net> Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 00:58:16 -0400 From: John Garrison X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en]C-compaq (Win98; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Boot problems Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I haven't subscribed to this mailing list yet, so could you please email me my answer. thanks. I installed FreeBSD fine, it was a very easy install, but when I press F2 to boot it the computer just beeps. Then I read the FAQ and it says that I need to toggle my bios support for >1gb hard drives and reinstall. I have a compaq presario 5245 and my bios doesn't say anything about >1gb support. I have an "ultra 33" enable/disable and an "enhanced ide" enable/disable. Also there is a primary and secondary ide controller enable/disable, but no >1gb hard drive. I don't really want to have to delete my WinBlows partition, and I am installing from that partition so I would have to order a cd, but I will do this if I have to. But is there anyway to create a boot disk that doesn't start the install program. I REALLY want to get back to a UNIX environment. (Linux user) This is a new computer, and I forgot just how much I hate windows. PLEASE help, I've wrote to newsgroups and got no help. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message