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Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 02:08:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Nick Bodis <nbodis@baytechnologygroup.com>
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Subject: Re: Boot Problem following Install OF FreeBSD
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On Mon, 22 Jun 1998, Nick Bodis wrote:

> I recently purchased the 4 disk CDROM set and the 1800 page manual.  After 
> I installed "novice install" onto a second harddrive (IDE 6.1 GB) in my 
> system I cannot get FreeBSD to boot.  I can alway change the boot sequence 
> using "Setup" to get to WIN95 installed on a primary drive.

You need to install Booteasy; see the FAQ at http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ
for instructions. 

> partition on the second drive and then reinstalled but still no luck.  Also 
> WIN95 "Windows Explorer" shows the presence of the second drive but when I 
> click on it a dialog box appears with the message:
> 	 "D:\ is not accessible.  A device attached to the system is not 
> functioning"

FreeBSD's filesystem type is not compatible with Windows.  You can't
browse it since Windows doesn't know how to read it.  Your system is
operating normally otherwise.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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