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Date:      Wed, 10 Sep 1997 19:33:43 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        evan <evant@jlc.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: BootEasy Questions
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970910193248.15258M-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <34161EB2.13221B1F@jlc.net>

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On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, evan wrote:

> I am trying to install FreeBSD 2.2.2 on my PentiumPro 200.  I currently
> have Win95 installed on a 4.3 gig Barracuda (ST15150W).  I installed
> 2.2.2 onto a separate SCSI drive (an ancient ST31200N) and then tried to
> install BootEasy so that I could choose which OS to boot into on
> startup.  However, this did not work.  Upon startup, my machine still
> comes up with the LILO prompt (from RedHat Linux 2.0.18), and my only
> two choices are 'Linux' and 'Win95'.
> 
> What did I do wrong, and how do I properly install BootEasy so that I
> can boot BSD?

Booteasy probably got installed to the wrong disk.  You'll have to install
it yourself to the first disk.  This is simple; grab bootinst.exe and
boot.bin from /tools off the CD or FTP site and run bootinst under DOS.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
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