Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 21:03:47 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> To: rdmurphy@vt.edu Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot manager Message-ID: <199903131903.VAA06228@ceia.nordier.com> In-Reply-To: <14058.43427.931954.89764@neale.econ.vt.edu> from "Russell D. Murphy" at "Mar 13, 99 01:18:55 pm"
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Russell D. Murphy wrote: > After a hard disk replacement, I'm trying to install 3.1R from > CD-ROM on a Gateway 5100 laptop. It previously ran 2.2.8-Stable and > W95. > > I'm doing something completely backwards because I cannot get the > boot manager installed properly. > > I want a small (roughly 500MB) partition for W95 and the rest (roughly > 3500MB) of the drive for FreeBSD. After partitioning the drive into > > 450MB - DOS > 58MB - FreeBSD > (rest) - FreeBSD > > (although I'm pretty sure I used to have 1GB for W95 and 3GB for > FreeBSD, but trying the above to stay within the 1024 cylinder limit > for the root partition) and installing / on the 1st FreeBSD partition, > I invariably get the following prompt upon rebooting after the > installation: > > F1 - DOS > F2 - FreeBSD > F3 - FreeBSD > F5 - Disk0 > > None of these will boot. Choosing F5 will bring up a shorter list of > choices, but I can't get past the boot manager menu. > > Can anyone point me in the right direction? > > Thanks in advance. > > Russ Murphy Your BIOS is apparently not passing the expected drive number to the boot manager. There's a fix available at http://www.freebsd.org/~rnordier/boot0-1.7.tar.gz See the README file for details. It should be possible to boot either from CD-ROM or a floppy, in order to install the new code. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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