Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 14:05:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Thierry Herbelot <herbelot@cybercable.fr> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /boot/loader on an ancient PC Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9906091405220.3005-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <375AD4D2.618DA7F@cybercable.fr>
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On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, Thierry Herbelot wrote: > I'trying to reuse an ancient 386sx for a router Will this thing be alive in 6 months? > I've loaded FreeBSD on two disks from another machine (using > dump/restore on the working PC), so my 386sx just has to boot - normally > > I've kep a small DOS partition at the begining of the 1st disk and I've > got BootEasy > > when I type F2 at booteasy's prompt, I get an error message (from the > BIOS, because of the partition type ?) > Non-system disk > type any key to reboot Make sure you set up the partition in compatibility mode. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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