Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 16:58:41 BST From: Michael Ryan <mike@NetworX.ie> To: FreeBSD Support <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: MBR not working Message-ID: <ECS9608141641A@NetworX.ie>
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Hi all, I installed FreeBSD 2.1R onto a Dell Pentium by first copying the Walnut Creek CD-ROM stuff into c:\freebsd and doing the installation from the DOS partition. Everything went very smoothly and the system is up and running just fine. During installation, I chose to install the standard boot manager (the default choice). Now, when I reset the machine and get the two choices F1 DOS F2 BSD hitting F2 doesn't work. I just get the prompt again. If I select F1, it works fine. I installed osbs135 off the CD to see if it would work, but it doesn't either. When I select BSD as the boot partition, it says "No operating system". I went through the initial part of the installation procedure again, not changing the partition layout or anything, but selecting the standard boot manager again, in the hope it would stamp the MBR with good info, but it didn't. I must boot from the floppy each time. Does anybody know how to get FreeBSD booting off the hard disk via a boot manager? Thanks, Mike <mike@NetworX.ie> ---
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