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Date:      Fri, 21 Nov 1997 09:19:14 -0800 (PST)
From:      Rudy Gireyev <rgireyev@yahoo.com>
To:        Nel <nel@interfusion.aus.net>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Help with install *please*
Message-ID:  <19971121171914.27197.rocketmail@send1a.yahoomail.com>

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Hi Nel!
In a dual drive setup FreeBSD will put the bootmgr on both drives and
of course will only use it off the C drive. So go ahead and let it.
Should be OK.



---Nel <nel@interfusion.aus.net> wrote:
>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Yesterday I got a cd set of FreeBSD 2.2.5 I then proceded to install
it but
> something has gone wrong.. terribly wrong.. I've read the doc's and
the
> HTML files but still I'm stuck.. this is what I did:
> 
> Installed from cdrom.. config kernal .. blah blah.. then i get to
select
> drive to stick freeBSD on i selected my 2nd drive wd1 (my old d:)
and then
> it goes to FDISK and I did 'A' to use all the disk then next screen
(the
> labeler) I did 'A' again. Then is says something about other operating
> systems and I selected YES to that also.. then up comes the bootmgr
screen.
>  This is where I'm stuck! I said yes to install bootmgr.. but where
do i
> stick it? on c: or the old d: ? I thought c: (wd0) so I selected
that and
> then up comes FDISK .. now what do i do there??
> 
> Basically can anyone who has win95 on C:\ and then FreeBSD on d:\
and has
> the option of dual boot please please please tell me what to do???
Even the
> local technical book store doesn't have a book for BSD.. only linux.. 
> 
> Thanks to anyone who can help :)
> Nelson
> 
> 
> 

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