Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 11:29:54 -0500 From: "Kendall Schmidt" <kschmidt@mpd.tandem.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: SNAP-950412 Message-ID: <9505041129.ZM2112@hottub>
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I am trying to get SNAP-950412 up on a Gateway 4DX2V66 system. System configurations is: 12MB RAM 340MB Western Digital Caviar HD (disk 1) 730MB Western Digital Caviar HD (disk 2) DOS 6.22 WFW 3.11 I have the following DOS partitions (slices) defined: C: 340MB (entire disk1) D: 348MB (half of disk 2) I have partitioned the remaining half of disk 2 for FreeBSD as follows: a 20MB 4.2BSD / b 28MB swap c 348MB unused <Entire FreeBSD slice> d 695MB unused <Entire Disk> e 200MB 4.2BSD /usr f 100MB 4.2BSD /usr2 g unused h 340MB MSDOS /dos I have written the (B)oot Manager to disk 1 (as described on the TROUBLE SHOOTING doc) so I can boot from disk2 (using wd(1,a)/kernel command). PROBLEM: When I boot the system, I get the following prompt: F1 - dos F5 - disk 2 If I press "F5", then get the following prompt: F1 - dos F2 - BSD F5 - disk 1 If I press "F2", the system hits on one of the disks (which one I don't know) then displays the first prompt again: F1 - dos F5 - disk 2 I am stuck between these 2 prompt until I finally press F1 and go to DOS. QUESTION(s): 1) What can I do to get BSD to boot at this point? 2) How can the Boot Manager be removed non-destructively from disk 1 (my C: drive allocated to DOS only)? If so, how? 3) Does a "MSDOS" type partition have to be defined as the last ("h") partition? By default it came up as the "e" partition when I first installed FreeBSD. I subsequently (D)eleted, (I)mported as partition "h". 4) Are you aware that doing a (W)rite _after_ (A)ssigning partition types will lock-up the installation process? (Have to ctrl-c to break out) Possible install bug? Thanks in advance. ________________________________________________________________________ Kendall Schmidt kschmidt@isd.tandem.com Tandem Computers, Inc. 512.432.8524 Integrity Systems Division 512.432.8037 (FAX) 14231 Tandem Blvd., Austin, TX 78728-6699 ________________________________________________________________________
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