Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 11:58:22 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeremy Shaffner <jer@mercury.jorsm.com> To: Cole Just <playr2@classic.msn.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: question about the 3.5" 1.44MB boot disk Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980508115308.6690D-100000@mercury.jorsm.com> In-Reply-To: <UPMAIL07.199805080531180659@classic.msn.com>
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On Fri, 8 May 1998, Cole Just wrote: > I'm starting to feel a little stupid asking questions but, I'm really just > starting out and am going to be very greatfull to people like yourself in the > future. I have yet another problem to question you with: When I restart my > computer, nothing happens. I believe its because I do not boot my computer up > with a boot disk in drive A:, my computer boots up and automatically runs > windows. So what should I do? > Um...you boot with the floppy you made so that you can begin the installation. If you've already done this much (Which I doubt), then you didn't setup a boot manager of any sort. Oh, and don't say "...nothing happens..." and then say "...boots up and automatically runs..." as it's very confusing. Does something happen or not? > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremy Shaffner > Sent: Thursday, May 07, 1998 6:13 PM > To: Cole Just > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: question about the 3.5" 1.44MB boot disk > > It created a FreeBSD formatted floppy, not a DOS floppy, so of course it > Windows can't see anything on it. It's for booting, not browsing with > Windows Explorer. :) > -Jeremy -===================================================================- Jeremy Shaffner JORSM Internet Senior Technical Support Northwest Indiana's Premium jer@jorsm.com Internet Service Provider support@jorsm.com http://www.jorsm.com -===================================================================- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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