Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 00:33:15 -0600 From: Christopher Farley <chris@northernbrewer.com> To: sound byte <sound-byte1@home.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: is there something wrong with my keyboard? Message-ID: <20010201003315.B7019@northernbrewer.com> In-Reply-To: <3A78C8AF.D94A5CAA@home.com>; from sound-byte1@home.com on Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 08:23:43PM -0600 References: <3A78C8AF.D94A5CAA@home.com>
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sound byte (sound-byte1@home.com) wrote: > I am trying to install FreeBSD 3.1 on a new eMachines computer I > bought. I am trying to have it co-exist with WindowsME. Everything > goes fine, i get the partitioning done correctly, I get freebsd to > install a boot manager etc. Then I reboot and get to the screen where i > have to choose as follows: > > F1 Dos > F2 Freebsd > > Default F1 > > I press F2 and nothing happens; I press enter and windows loads up; i > press F1 and wondows loads up!!! Did you actually install FreeBSD in the partition? I believe the boot manager is simply describing the type of filesystem that exists on the disk, not the operating systems that are *actually there*. -- Christopher Farley www.northernbrewer.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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