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Date:      Wed, 10 Jun 1998 00:23:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        admin@netshop.com.au
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Boot Error
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980610002334.295R-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <357967D0.68B30ED4@ccon.com.au>

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On Sun, 7 Jun 1998, Louis Elias Gourvelos wrote:

> Hi there
> I have a little problem, well I think it is.....
> I can not get my hard drive to boot after doing the Novice installation
> of the OS 2.2.6 which I purchased the cd-roms fromWlnut Creek.
> I set the partition to dangerous mode, as I want the pc to be a totally
> stand alone freeBSD and I check that the settings are correct for the
> partition
> CA>=
> I believe that means the partition is active properly aligned etc....
> then I select an automatic selection for the partion as far as where /
> and swp's and user directories etc...........
> and then it goes through it's merry little way and copies files to the
> hdd etc finally it finishes and I exit the install it then prompts me to
> remove the floppy and it will reboot.
> So I do
> but then I get boot error
> I tried various combinations but it appears as though I am missing
> something in a big way.

Your BIOS does not support dedicated mode disks.  Reinstall FreeBSD, and
select to keep the partition table compatible with other OSs.

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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