Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 12:48:16 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: hmmm <hmmm@alaska.net> Cc: bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BOOT.FLP Message-ID: <3694.838237696@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 24 Jul 1996 09:24:57 PDT." <31F64E59.70A4@alaska.net>
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> problem concerns systems w/ 2 HD's. > > i have no problem on system w/ 1 HD. > > after installing 2.1.5 using the MBR, a 2 drive installation (dos on > drive one, and BSD on drive 2) results on a messed up boot prompt ... > > ie, no matter what F keys you hit, the prompt just keeps flipping around. > > F1 disk 1 > F5 BSD This is a FAQ (and *in* the FAQ - please check there first before submitting "bug" reports). You've specified the wrong geometry somewhere (or failed to override the machine's bogus geometry assumptions) - please read the hardware and installation guides for more information on this topic. > also, Walnut Creek says the CD BSD is always better than the FTP BSD. > what is the meaning of this? if i'm interested in a long term system Well, for one thing, Walnut Creek makes money on the CD BSD. That makes it better in many rather significant ways, at least from their viewpoint. :-) From an external viewpoint, the CD version is certainly more convenient in many ways also - you get the ports (and their distfiles), the packages, the sources for X, etc. That's a lot of stuff to FTP, no matter how you look at it. > that's bug free (to the greatest degree - i need a TCP/IP server for > airport monitoring ...) what version should i go with ? 2.1.5-RELEASE jordan
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