Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 10:54:48 -0800 From: "Michael J. Ruhl" <mruhl@cisco.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: boot loader question Message-ID: <364B2EF8.AED19B8@cisco.com> References: <36475A4C.A5065BCB@cisco.com>
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Hi, I sent the following the other day, but never saw it on the freebsd-questions list, and didn't see any answers. :( If you already saw it, and answered, sorry for the duplication. :) --- Howdy, I have the following configuration: ide0 master 10.2G ide0 slave 1.2G ide1 master CD-ROM FreeBSD 2.2.7 Because of limitations with my motherboard, I had to use the Disk Manager software in order to use the 10.2G drive. I have System Commander installed on the 10.2G. I have installed FreeBSD on the ide0 slave (1.2 G) drive. Here is the problem: I boot my machine, and it comes up in System Commander. I select Win95 and everything is hunky dory. I reboot, and it comes up in System Commander. I select FreeBSD and everthing is hunky dory. I reboot, and for some reason the active partition is no longer active, and no other partition has been set as active. The result: Everytime I boot FreeBSD, the next time I reboot I have to boot with a floppy, run fdisk, and reset the active partition. This would be ok if I never rebooted after starting FreeBSD, but alas, that is not possible. :) I have tried installing with the normal master boot record and with the boot loader, and have seen the same behavior. Has anybody seen this before? Do you have any suggestions? Would using the don't use a master boot record selection work? Can I do that without reinstalling? Thanks! Mike -------------------------------------------------------------- Michael J. Ruhl mruhl@cisco.com Cisco Systems Tall Blond Guy Buckaroo.Banzai@Yoyodyne.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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