From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 13 14:47:58 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.screaming.net (smtp.screaming.net [212.49.224.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E2D137B423 for ; Wed, 13 Sep 2000 14:47:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lexx.my.domain (dyn224-ras32.screaming.net [212.49.255.224]) by smtp.screaming.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id VAA17604 for ; Wed, 13 Sep 2000 21:50:49 GMT From: John Murphy To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: read error Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 22:47:32 +0100 Organization: The Organisation Reply-To: bigotfo@bigfoot.com Message-ID: X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.6/32.525 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG raprf wrote: >I have a PII system with a two harddisk configuration. I am trying to >run FreeBSD on the 2nd harddrive. The installation process goes smooth >but when I try to boot it I get "read error" message. I am using >"Bootmagic" as my MBR. >I in a quandry! I think you need to set the FreeBSD partition bootable. The quickest way to do this is with Ranish Partition Manager, which is particularly quick if you have it on a bootable floppy. It loads in seconds. Press F5 to switch to the next disk. Down arrow to the Slice marked "FreeBSD, = BSD/386" and press b. Press F2 and then ESC. Job done. http://www.users.intercom.com/~ranish/part (and it reminds me of XTreeGold, which is nice) HTH John. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message