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Date:      Mon, 22 Jan 2001 20:16:05 +0100
From:      Christoph Sold <christoph.sold@server.i-clue.de>
To:        blah blah <alanm1@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Question concerning installation
Message-ID:  <3A6C86F5.988FF9F7@i-clue.de>
References:  <F140FB1FxQFM83UV8wA000061ca@hotmail.com>

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blah blah schrieb:
> 
> I have installed freebsd 4.0, after installing i reboot...then i get the
> choice of F1 for DOS and F2 for FreeBSD, when i press F1 i boot into
> windows, but when pressing F2 to boot into FreeBSD it just gives me a
> beeping noise and does nothing. Everytime i hit F2 it just beeps and nothing
> happens. Would you know as to why this happens? Or what i might have done
> wrong.

Probably the install failed. Just a beep indicates the boot loader
cannot be found at the default place. Try to install again. Use the
"novice" install mode. Even experts use it, as the expert mode is left
for tweaking already running systems.

HTH
-Christoph Sold


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