Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 10:39:36 -0800 From: RGireyev@BellInd.com To: <mark@quickweb.com> Cc: <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Install to second hard-drive... Message-ID: <c=US%a=_%p=BellInd%l=CDCEXCHANGE-970221183936Z-31568@cdcexchange.bellind.com>
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I only know of commercial software that should help you with this. It's called System Commander (from V Communications) it's about $70 street price. >---------- >From: Mark Mayo[SMTP:mark@quickweb.com] >Sent: Thursday, February 20, 1997 5:55 PM >To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG >Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Install to second hard-drive... > > >Hi guys. I have a friend who's trying to install FreeBSD to the Master >IDE >hard-drive on the Secondary controller. The install sees the harddrive >just fine, and copies all the CDROM files to the drive - but after >everything is done, there's no way to boot freebsd, since the install >only >touched the 2'nd disk (1st=win95,2nd=CDROM,3rd=freebsd). > >There's no tips in the FAQ or handbook for installing on a drive other >than the 1st BIOS disk... just curious how I should place the boot >manager >in the first drive so I can boot to freeBSD (without nuking win95). > >Also, is there a way to use the boot floppy to boot from any drive? On >my >system, I was able to boot from the floppy, and type: >1:sd(0,a)kernel > >and it booted fine.. just doesn't seem to work with his wd drive >though. I >tried several combinations, and all I get is nothing, or an error. >Bummer. >I've tried installing both the Boot Easy and Standard bootmanagers to >the >second drive. Just can't get it to boot!! > >TIA, >-Mark > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >---- > Mark Mayo mark@quickweb.com > RingZero Comp. http://vinyl.quickweb.com/mark >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >---- > Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased >capacity > for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that > suffering reaches its supreme point. -- Arthur Schopenhauer > >
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