Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 03:12:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Dave <dloose@WPI.EDU> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Problems with BootMgr Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.21.0008160302550.5993-100000@ernie.WPI.EDU>
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Hey, I just got a new computer and I decided that I wanted to try to get some form of UNIX to work on it. I downloaded FreeBSD because a friend recommended it (I got the 4.0-install.iso file and burned it). Anyway, after a considerable amount of reading I managed to install the thing. The only problem is that whenever I try to boot to FreeBSD the computer justs beeps at me. The thing is, I have two equally sized partitions on a 45 gig hard drive (~22.5 ea). The first one has Win98 on it and the second has FreeBSD. The only reason I used this set up is because I have some stuff on the Windows partition that I don't want to get rid of so I used FIPS to separate the partition. So, my boot prompt looks like this: F1 DOS F2 FreeBSD Default: F1 and, as I said, when I push F2 the computer just beeps. Any suggestions? Dave PS I searched the mail archive and I found this same problem but the response pointed to a faq question that doesn't seem to exist anymore. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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