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Date:      Fri, 1 Nov 1996 13:36:05 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Daniel Lott <daniel@trans-actions.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FTP installation
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961101133531.4696A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199610311810.MAA05513@roger.trans-actions.com>

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On Thu, 31 Oct 1996, Daniel Lott wrote:

> I am having some problems installing FreeBSD from the main ftp site.
> 
> I create my partitions (entire disk) set it as bootable, set the standard
> boot manager. then go through the rest of the installation fine, but when
> the proccess is over, and the computer starts, i get the missing operating
> system messgae???  

This is quite common, especially on two-disk installations.

Use DOS fdisk (from a bootable floppy) and reset the active partition to
a partition on the first disk.  Then it should work OK.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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