From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 30 23:05:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA23225 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 30 Mar 1997 23:05:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA23220 for ; Sun, 30 Mar 1997 23:05:21 -0800 (PST) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.7.5/8.6.12) id KAA24962; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 10:03:25 +0300 (IDT) X-Authentication-Warning: gatekeeper.barcode.co.il: smap set sender to using -f Received: from localhost.barcode.co.il(127.0.0.1) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il via smap (V1.3) id sma024960; Mon Mar 31 10:03:23 1997 Message-ID: <333F61CB.25F3@barcode.co.il> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 10:03:39 +0300 From: Nadav Eiron X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4m) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cyborg@erinet.com CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: now what? References: <333EFD05.15B8@erinet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk cyborg@erinet.com wrote: > > I just finished installing bsd on my other drive, and it brought me back > to the install menu. I beleive I've done everything ok so far, but now > what? I exited the installation menu, it rebooted, first it wanted to > load '95. I didn't let it, so I rebooted w/my floppy in the drive, and > all that did was start up the install again. I'm baffled!! Can you > help? > Thanks! > Nick > cyborg@erinet.com Did you install the boot manager? Is FreeBSD on your first HD? If you answered 'no' to at least one of the above questions, you need to reinstall the boot manager. Many will do, but the simplest one is BootEasy which you install from *DOS* (not win95 DOS mode) by running the bootinst.exe program that is found in the tools directory on the CD and the ftp site. Nadav