Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 15:06:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Parker Brown <phbrown@gte.net> Cc: Tech Support <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Possible Installation Bug Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906181505580.99533-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <37668515.24FD202A@gte.net>
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On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Parker Brown wrote: > Just did a full installation of 3.2, "Novice" style (all defaults), and > I distinctly told it to leave my Master Boot Record alone, as I use an > OS/2 style Boot Manager. After installation, only FreeBSD would boot - > so I had to use an emergency floppy to restore the MBR. > > Did I overlook something? FreeBSD likes to reset the active partition bit. You just had to use fdisk and make the OS/2 boot manager partition the active and it would have worked. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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