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Date:      Thu, 26 Oct 1995 09:52:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:      bmk@dtr.com
To:        Vikya@aol.com
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to boot up FreeBSD after installation on second IDE drive
Message-ID:  <199510261652.JAA19159@dtr.com>
In-Reply-To: <951025191645_54319666@emout05.mail.aol.com> from "Vikya@aol.com" at Oct 25, 95 07:16:47 pm

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> I installed FreeBSD 2.0.5 on my second IDE hard drive.
> After I finished installation I did not get any 'F?' prompt to find out what 
> is the function key for BSD.

> I am not able to boot up into FreeBSD off the hard disk.  

> (My system is: Pentium 60 MHz, 8 MB RAM, 3.5" floppy drive, 540 MB Maxtor IDE
> (first drive), 540 MB Conner IDE (second drive: DOS partition 257 MB, FreeBSD
> partition 257 MB), CD-ROM IDE, 28.8 Kbps fax/modem.)

I beleive that the boot manager got written to your second drive, but
not the first.  You should run bootinst.exe (from DOS) - it's located in
the /tools directory of the CD.  It's also somewhere on ftp.freebsd.org.

That should fix your problem.




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