Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:40:01 -0800 From: Darren Pilgrim <phi@evilphi.com> To: deeptech71@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what can i do with a 486? Message-ID: <45B47861.9040503@evilphi.com> In-Reply-To: <45B41941.9000007@gmail.com> References: <45B3A409.40005@gmail.com> <a67e6e4b0701210955j46747639r7ea9bd11b5526451@mail.gmail.com> <45B41941.9000007@gmail.com>
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deeptech71@gmail.com wrote: > Jason Hensler wrote: >> It seems to be that the motherboard probably does not support booting >> from cd as was common with older systems. A side note, I got the same >> error on a p4 board yesterday because there was not boot device (bad >> mbr). I would try a boot floppy to get the system to access the cd-rom >> or install freebsd on the hard drive from another machine and swap it >> to the 486. > > I don't have a CD-ROM drive on the 486. That is exactly what I have tried. > I've put the HDD in another machine, installed FreeBSD, moved the HDD, then > tried to boot. I've even tried 2 "standard" MBRs. Try a boot manager? Nah.. A few stupid questions: - Are you using dedicated mode? Most older computers require the use of a DOS partition table (slices). - Are you making sure to set the active partition? -- Darren Pilgrim
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