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Date:      Mon, 26 Apr 1999 16:17:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Bart (The Good Guy) Trzynadlowski" <trzy@powernet.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: fbsd3.1 bootmanager isnt installing during installation  procedure
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904261616470.6951-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990424195927.0085b380@powernet.net>

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On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, Bart (The Good Guy) Trzynadlowski wrote:

> 	I've been having quite an ordeal trying to get FreeBSD to install! It
> simply will NOT install the boot manager! It asks wether or not i want to
> install it on the wd2 after I reserve a spot for FreeBSD. What should I do?
> I tried saying yes and then performing the operation on wd0 and ive tried
> every combination i could think of but it usually asks me twice. The second
> time i MUST choose WD2 otherwise it wont let me mount FBSD partitions on
> that drive, it will attempt to use wd0. This is such a hassle, anything I
> can do? Any way to make a boot floppy a la RedHat Linux?

Can I see your disk layout?  Most BIOSen can't boot any disks beyond the
first IDE controller or second IDE device.  

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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