Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 09:15:30 -0400 From: Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net> To: mike@NetworX.ie Cc: FreeBSD Support <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: MBR not working Message-ID: <321322F2.53AF@ime.net> References: <ECS9608151041B@NetworX.ie>
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Michael Ryan wrote: > > On Thu, 15 Aug 1996 00:33:58 -0400 Gary Chrysler wrote: > > > > Now, when I reset the machine and get the two choices > > > F1 DOS > > > F2 BSD > > > hitting F2 doesn't work. I just get the prompt again. > > > If I select F1, it works fine. > > > Does anybody know how to get FreeBSD booting off the hard disk > > > via a boot manager? > > > IDE drive and the root slice (partition) is above cylinder 1024?? > > Good thinking Gary but, no, the DOS partition is only 130MB and > FreeBSD's / is entirely below 1024 cyls. Any other ideas? > > By the way, when configuring osbs135, it does recognise the > FreeBSD partition (it says partition 0 = DOS, partition 1 = 386BSD). Naw, Not really. Hmm. Sorry. Failed install is all that I can think of. Anyone else have any ideas? I don't belive in multi-os boots so I don't use such tools. But then again I have enough systems to cover all the OS's/NOS's I choose to run. -Enjoy Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Improve America's Knowledge... Share yours The Borg... Where minds meet (207) 929-3848
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