Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 09:03:47 +0000 From: Jim Joseph <jim@basil.stthom.edu> To: manly <manly@adelphia.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot Message-ID: <34DC2372.4FF3F7BF@basil.stthom.edu> References: <34DBD245.927CB47@adelphia.net>
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manly wrote: > > Yes, i currently have installed FreeBSD 2.5 release on my system. I can > not get it to boot. Im also running winblow95. Winblows 95 is on my > first hard drive(master) and BSD is on my second(slave). How can i boot > up BSD on a floppy or just boot up, so i can use the your beastly OS. > > Thanks please mail ASAP manly@adelphia.net This may not hold true for all machines, but on mine I could only use FreeBSD if the root partition is one the primary(master drive) The machine(Compaq) just would not boot from the slave device. Eventually I decided the hell with Micro$oft Winblows and I just used FreeBSD. I am a lot happier now :) ---------------------------------- Jim Joseph Email: jcj@phoenix.net Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise person to be able to sell it.
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