Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 08:41:18 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Ron Weaver <weaverro@erinet.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install Help Needed Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960104084006.229A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199601032347.SAA26084@eri.erinet.com>
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On Wed, 3 Jan 1996, Ron Weaver wrote: > Dear Questions, > > I'm having a *small* problem installing FreeBSD and could use a > suggestion or three. I am attempting to install 2.1, and am having > what I see as boot sector problems. I get "missing Operating System" > when I boot. Use FDISK to mark your Windows 95 partition as `active'. During the FreeBSD install it marks itself as active -- but somehow that gets lost, hence your problem. The above simple solution will fix it. > > What I got : > new Zeos Pantera 133 (yes!) 16 meg ram > 2 WD31600 (1,6 gig) drives > CDrom, Diamond Stealth 3400, Creative labs AWE32, Colorado T1000 > 28.8 modem, WIN95 (pre- and re- installed ;-| ) Nice rig. :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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