Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 15:50:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Rick Aliwalas <rra@cuc.com> To: gjukema@silk.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2 FreeBSD Boot Managers after install Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9908201547590.28345-100000@pikachu.oakview.cuc.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990820113115.007e6460@silk.net>
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My Digital laptop does the same thing ever since I installed 3.2 over 2.2.8. I kind of like it actually - now it doesn't default to the previously selected o/s after the timeout. -Rick On Fri, 20 Aug 1999 gjukema@silk.net wrote: > I've looked all over the mailing list for this one. I have a 10MB dos > partition and a FreeBSD 3.1 partition. After the install is complete I get > this upon bootup: > > F1 DOS > F2 FreeBSD > F5 Drive 0 > > Both F1 & F2 "beep" and don't actually do anything. Hitting F5 brings me to: > > F1 DOS > F2 FreeBSD > > And now, things work normal. F1 boots DOS, F2 boots FreeBSD. I'd be happy > with this, except for the first menu is defaulted to what I selected in my > second menu, so it will never boot without user input off the first menu. > > I've tried fdisk /mbr in dos, then reboot with the FreeBSD floppies and (W) > write the partition table, and selecting to install the Boot Manager, no luck. > I've also tried reinstalling, and the problem is still there. > > Thanks for any input on this one, > > Geoff > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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