Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 03:36:39 -0500 From: Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net> To: Ryan Thompson <freebsd@sasknow.com>, John Cirillo <jcirillo@fastlane.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot manager Message-ID: <00020803392900.00302@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002070236540.86435-100000@sasknow.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002070236540.86435-100000@sasknow.com>
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On Mon, 07 Feb 2000, in a never-ending search for enlightenment, Ryan Thompson wrote: > On Mon, 7 Feb 2000, John Cirillo wrote: > > > I'd like to fix this double-prompting on my system too. > > I tried what I thought Ryan said to do but I'm missing a step somewhere? > > Here's what I did: > > /stand/sysinstall > > select Configure > > select Fdisk > > down-arrow to wd1, press spacebar. > > Now in FDISK Partition Editor > > press Q > > At Install Boot Manager screen, arrow down to None, press spacebar > > Yes, sorry... It's been awhile since I looked at that menu. You should > indeed choose Standard MBR instead of "None". > > In more detail: > > FDISK partition editor: > Don't alter any partitions :-) > Press "W" to commit > Confirm the dialogue that pops up > Select the appropriate boot record (Standard MBR), and confirm. > > You should see a dialog: > > "Wrote FDISK information out successfully" > > At that point, when you reboot, you should no longer have a boot > manager prompt on the second disk. > Thank you thank you thank you! That worked perfectly, although now for some odd reason, I see a picture of a hand holding a floppy labelled "Workbench" *headscratch* (joke). -- Walter in·tel·lec·tu·al n. Someone who has been educated past his/her level of intelligence. If you were wondering, the answer is 42. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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