Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 09:32:29 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: MentaL <mental@micro.internexus.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting problem with new 2.1 install Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960405093043.8345A-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960405093515.20711A-100000@micro.internexus.net>
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On Fri, 5 Apr 1996, MentaL wrote: > > My basic problem is that right after installing freeBSD 2.1 I went to > reboot and run for the first time. Right after the 2 ide drives are > detected and the bios info screen pops up it clears the screen and displays: > > NO ROM BASIC > SYSTEM HALTED Use a boot floppy and DOS FDISK and mark your first partition as 'active'. This is AMI's version of the infamous "Missing Operating System" message. 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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