From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 15 04:26:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id EAA10710 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jan 1996 04:26:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from cwbone.bsi.com.br ([200.250.250.14]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id EAA10703 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 1996 04:26:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from lenzi.bsi.com.br (calli.bsi.com.br [200.250.250.79]) by cwbone.bsi.com.br (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id KAA00692; Mon, 15 Jan 1996 10:25:56 GMT Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 09:06:29 +0000 () From: Sergio de Almeida Lenzi To: pokora cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fail to boot In-Reply-To: <199601150523.XAA18088@execpc.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 14 Jan 1996, pokora wrote: > I've spent numeruos hours and tried numerous time to install FreeBSD. When completed, the system > doesn't boot. I indicated to use boot manager because the first hard drive has all my DOS > software. I have a second drive that I installed FreeBSD. Do I need to reenter the install > program from the boot.flp to set anything. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. I don't want to have to reinstall again(over the network > it takes along time). > > Thanks in advance! I am not sure but I think the FreeBSD does not boot from the second drive... If Y where in your place, I format the second as a dos drive with a small partition on it (say 10M). transfer only part of dos to boot. Swap the drivers, and install the FreeBSD in the space left on drive (Now C)