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Date:      Fri, 7 Feb 1997 11:39:12 +0200 (IST)
From:      Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To:        aeo@ntplx.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Bootmanager problem...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970207113829.2283C-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il>
In-Reply-To: <9702070207.AA22651@ntplx.net>

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On Thu, 6 Feb 1997 aeo@ntplx.net wrote:

> I just got a maxtor drive in addition to my conner drive and i wanted
> to use the whole maxtor as my freebsd drive. So i go through the install
> including changing the geometry in fdisk to the right ones and it installs
> fine but the boot manager dosen't come up! Just my old win95 one comes
> up! :( Ohh yea its the 2.1.6 release version... thanks in advance!
> 
> 
Yeah, sysinstall will install the bootmanager on the wrong disk if you 
install FreeBSD into your second disk. Boot DOS (not Win95 DOS mode) and 
run bootinst.exe from the tools directory on the CD (or ftp site).

Nadav



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