Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 19:13:13 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: "David M. Bostedo" <dbostedo@vt.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD help Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960301191236.501B-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199603011914.OAA10808@sable.cc.vt.edu>
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On Fri, 1 Mar 1996, David M. Bostedo wrote: I should stop answering these questions until i collect some more experience :) Someone want to give this one a shot? > >On Thu, 29 Feb 1996, David M. Bostedo wrote: > > > >> I haqve been trying to install FreeBSD on a partition of my > >> second hard drive on my 486 100MHZ IBM PC. Everything seemed to go fine > >> but I get the error that "Missing Operating System" when I try to boot > >> it. Your FAQ mentions this but I can't find where it gives the solution > >> to the problem. > > > >My guess is that you need to install the boot manager. I assume you have > >dos/?? on the first disk. > > > >Pull tools/dos/bt17.zip off the cdrom (or ftp site), unzip, and install. > >You should then get a boot menu with dos? and BSD listed. > > > >> Do you know how I can find the correct geometry for my drive? > > > >Look on the disk? (I have some disks that have the geometry ON the label) > >Look in BIOS setup? > > > >Doug White | University of Oregon > >Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > >http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > > > I had installed the boot manager before but reinstalled it again and it > gives me the same error: "Missing File System". I installed the boot > manager on both drives as well but that didn't help. The boot manager prompt > looks as follows: > > F1 DOS > F2 DISK2 > > F1 Works fine and boots (I am running Windows '95) but F2 still gives me > "Missing File System". > > I can't see the label on my drive (I don't even know if there is one) as it > is mounted on the underside of my floppy drive. The BIOS doesn't have it > either. Any other suggestions? > > Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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