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From: Kenneth Culver <culverk@culverk.student.umd.edu>
To: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>
Subject: Re: Booting 4.2 Problems. Interim solution ?
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 01:04:47 -0500
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> I have posted before about my ability to install
> 4.2 on my test PC - or more precisely I can install
> it but it won't boot.
>
> It boots fine if I install linux Lilo.
> It boots fine if I boot from the install CD
> and in the boot selector choose the installed
> kernel on the hard disk.
>
> DD or not DD made no difference.
>
> Linux,NetBSD,OpenBSD all install without any problem
>
> My very last effort was to use DOS fdisk, create and format
> a partition, rewrite the mbr.
>
> I reinstalled 4.2 and boot manager. No joy.
> I reinstalled 4.2 and said to write a standard MBR.
> Bingo. It boots.
>
> This is not ideal, I really need the boot manager.
> Has anybody any clue at all about this ?
>
> Cliff

I've had problems with the boot manager that FreeBSD installs with certai=
n=20
kinds of BIOS... Basically just install xfdisk or osbs... (osbs can be fo=
und=20
at ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/tools/osbsbeta.exe )

each of them should be installed from DOS or a DOS floppy.

Ken


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