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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