Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 10:10:54 +0200 From: Hans Ottevanger <hans@beastielabs.net> To: reg@dwf.com Cc: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD install. Message-ID: <55A2210E.6050601@beastielabs.net> In-Reply-To: <201507120402.t6C427Dg001385@deneb.dwf.com> References: <201507120402.t6C427Dg001385@deneb.dwf.com>
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On 07/12/15 06:02, reg@dwf.com wrote: > > OK, Im confused, or not impressed, choose one. > > I have been trying for several months to put PCBSD 10.1 and FreeBSD 10.1 > on one disk. I finally gave up, and am installing FreeBSD over > the top of my previous PCBSD. sigh. > > After several attempts to put FreeBSD in a partition on the disk > I gave up, and let it have the full 500GB disk. Mumph. > > The install seems to go well, I give it an IP address, hostname, > etc, and get down to the point where you reboot. > > I say yes to the reboot, and instead of rebooting from disk, I > get the bios messages (Im using a mbr) that say its trying to > boot from the ethernet. > > I went back and did this a 2nd time, just to be sure, but got > the same result. > It would be nice to know what happens if you disable booting from the network in the BIOS. Also, it might be helpful if you tell us a bit more about the hardware you are using. > What gives? > I dont remember having this sort of problem when I ran FreeBSD > 20 years ago? > I have seen this happening occasionally the past 20 years, often related to specific hardware and not just with FreeBSD. In most cases it could be fixed. > And why isnt the installer smart enough to install to a partition, > every other OS in existence can do that. > Though I have not attempted to multi-boot for ages, I hear about many people still doing this successfully, even from a single disk. FWIW, the issues I hear about when attempting multi-boot are mostly related to boot managers. Could you be more specific about your issues with the installer? Kind regards, Hans Ottevanger Eindhoven, Netherlands www.beastielabs.net
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