From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 15 15:24:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA29716 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 15 Aug 1996 15:24:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sam.networx.ie (dublin-ts8-174.indigo.ie [194.125.133.174]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA29708 for ; Thu, 15 Aug 1996 15:24:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mip1.networx.ie (mip1.networx.ie [194.9.12.1]) by sam.networx.ie (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA27547; Thu, 15 Aug 1996 22:40:20 +0100 X-Organisation: I.T. NetworX Ltd X-Business: Network Consultancy and Training X-Address: 67 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, Ireland X-Voice: +353-1-676-8866 X-Fax: +353-1-676-8868 Received: from mike.networx.ie by mip1.networx.ie Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 22:34:51 BST From: Michael Ryan Reply-To: mike@NetworX.ie Subject: Re: MBR not working To: Russ Panula Cc: tcg@ime.net, FreeBSD Support Message-Id: Priority: Normal Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 15 Aug 1996 10:02:03 -0600 Russ Panula wrote: > >> > > Now, when I reset the machine and get the two choices > >> > > F1 DOS > >> > > F2 BSD > >> > > hitting F2 doesn't work. I just get the prompt again. > >> > > If I select F1, it works fine. > This sounds like a failed installation. Do you get any error messages > while installing? Try installing again and keep an eye on the virtual > consoles (alt-f2 and alt-f4 I believe). > > Was there a reason you didn't install directly from the CD rather than > a DOS directory? Yes -- FBSD wouldn't recognise the IDE CD drive. I don't use the DOS partition at all; it's existence was purely to allow installation of FBSD, which amounts to wasted space once the installation is complete. Mike ---