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Date:      Wed, 15 Aug 2001 22:31:31 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        jim flournoy <bsdspaceman@yahoo.com>
Cc:        binary@binary.ath.cx, kris@obsecurity.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: I still can't get my net install to work from CDrom
Message-ID:  <20010815223131.C58554@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010816045653.83347.qmail@web20203.mail.yahoo.com>; from bsdspaceman@yahoo.com on Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 09:56:53PM -0700
References:  <20010815230306.C1931@binary.ath.cx> <20010816045653.83347.qmail@web20203.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 09:56:53PM -0700, jim flournoy wrote:

> da0 with os and bsd boot loader
> da1 as secondary file system and standard mbr
>=20
> da1 with os and bsd boot loader
> da0 as secondary file system and standard mbr
>=20
> I've also tried leaving the mbr unchanged on the hd
> with the secondary file system.  All these options
> either lead to a message that says "Operating System
> Missing" or just having the bootloader beep annoyingly
> at me. =20
>=20
> Now I have installed the boot loader on both disks.=20
> da1 has the tradition / and da0 has /fs2 (my secondary
> filesystem)
>=20
> It now beeps at me then says
>=20
> F1 FreeBSD
> F5 Drive 1
>=20
> Default: F5

Well, did you try pressing F1? :-) That's presumably where you
installed FreeBSD, and your Drive 1 presumably has a boot record
(which you probably installed) but no bootable OS (which is why it
shows up simply as "Drive 1" and you can't boot from it).

Kris

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