Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 10:02:03 -0600 From: zeeb@digitaladvantage.net (Russ Panula) To: tcg@ime.net Cc: mike@NetworX.ie, FreeBSD Support <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: MBR not working Message-ID: <321348a6.74210611@mail.digitaladvantage.net> In-Reply-To: <321322F2.53AF@ime.net> References: <ECS9608151041B@NetworX.ie> <321322F2.53AF@ime.net>
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On Thu, 15 Aug 1996 09:15:30 -0400, Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net> wrote: >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. > You mean you run something other than FBSD? <gasp> ;-) >-Enjoy >Gary >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Improve America's Knowledge... Share yours >The Borg... Where minds meet >(207) 929-3848 > This sounds like a failed installation. Do you get any error messages while installing? Try installing again and keep an eye on the virtual consoles (alt-f2 and alt-f4 I believe). Was there a reason you didn't install directly from the CD rather than a DOS directory? Russ
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