From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 1 13:34:50 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA21021 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 13:34:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA21004 for ; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 13:34:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id NAA04739; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 13:36:05 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 13:36:05 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Daniel Lott cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FTP installation In-Reply-To: <199610311810.MAA05513@roger.trans-actions.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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