Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 20:05:33 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Geoffrey Robinson <grobin@accessv.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot manager problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971117200413.11546I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3470E7DD.12028998@accessv.com>
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On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Geoffrey Robinson wrote: > I ordered FreeBSD 2.2.5 a few days ago and installed it on my system. > Its my first experience with a Unix operating system other then periodic > use of shell accounts on ISP's and I'm really happy with it. Excellent! > Now when I put the Windows drive back into my computer with it set as > Primary Slave and the FreeBSD drive set as Master the bootmanager gives > me the option to press F1 for BSD and F5 for the second drive. Problem > is, is that it always boots from the FreeBSD drive regardless of what > key I press. Sounds like a geometry problem. To fix it you'll have to reinstall FreeBSD. 1. Using DOS FDISK, wipe out the FreeBSD slice and create a small primary DOS slice. 2. Boot the FreeBSD boot disk, remove the DOS partition, and install FreeBSD over it. Booteasy should pick up the proper geometry. 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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