Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 23:41:23 +0000 From: Darren Wyn Rees <merlin@netlink.co.uk> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installing boot manager (dual boot, two disks, w2k, freebsd) Message-ID: <20010731234123.A27711@maesd.A470.com> In-Reply-To: <20010731223713.A27921@maesd.A470.com>; from merlin@netlink.co.uk on Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 10:37:13PM %2B0000 References: <20010731223713.A27921@maesd.A470.com>
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On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 10:37:13PM +0000, Darren Wyn Rees wrote: > I've installed FreeBSD 4.3 on hard disk two in a box, > with Windows 2000 on hard disk one. I chose not to > install the boot loader as I wasn't sure if it would > work. > > Will the boot loader that comes with FreeBSD be able > to reside on hard disk one, and dual boot hard disk > one and FreeBSD on hard disk two ? FreeBSD is the secondary slave, disk one is primary master, I've tried re-installing it, and installing the boot manager, but when I boot the machine the FreeBSD boot loader just comes up with gibberish ... F1 FreeBSD F5 Drive 1 or F1 ???? F5 Drive 0 WTF. Totally confused. I can boot into Windows 2000, but no way of booting into the FreeBSD disk. -- Darren Wyn Rees merlin@netlink.co.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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