Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:51:17 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> To: Benjamin Sher <delphi123@zebra.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Urgent FreeBSD Boot question! Message-ID: <20060320165117.369802ce.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <441F21CD.1020906@zebra.net> References: <441F1CB1.3000807@zebra.net> <5ceb5d550603201327y52c4ee93o6f38fb38db098556@mail.gmail.com> <441F21CD.1020906@zebra.net>
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On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:42:37 -0500 Benjamin Sher <delphi123@zebra.net> wrote: > Dear Daniel: > > I have an old but very reliable Dell Dimension 8200 that's 6 years old. > It does not have a boot option for both of my separate hard disks. The > only BOOT options are: floppy, CD or hard drive. That's why I need the > boot manager solution. By default, FreeBSD will install the boot manager on the disk that you installed FreeBSD on - but your BIOS isn't trying to boot from that disk, so it doesn't help. You can go back into sysinstall and tell it to install a boot manager on the first disk. Be _very_ careful, as you'll delete Windows if you choose the wrong options. I'm sorry that I don't remember the exact sequence to accomplish this. As has been said: make good backups first! You _only_ want to install the boot manager - not change anything else. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc.
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