Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 16:59:56 +1100 From: "Ronald P. Jensen" <rjensen@inet.att.co.kr> To: "Doug White" <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Help needed on install from DOS partition Message-ID: <01bcd9f8$ba73cf80$9ac7f8cb@default>
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Thanks for the info Doug...worked fine!! Ron -----Original Message----- From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Ronald P. Jensen <rjensen@inet.att.co.kr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Wednesday, October 15, 1997 3:12 AM Subject: Re: Help needed on install from DOS partition >On Mon, 13 Oct 1997, Ronald P. Jensen wrote: > >> Thanks Doug... I figured out that "A" partitioned the drive. I am still >> having one problem though. I can't get the system to boot. I installed the >> system as the directions state...with the boot manager...etc. But when I get >> out to try to run it..or boot it as it may. I get nothing but the original >> Windows default. I looked at the hardward.txt that >> is included. But I assigned the drive geometry...etc. And still no sign of >> hitting F1 etc... to start OS boot up once the machine is turned on and goes >> through the ususal startup. Is there another program..such as System >> Commander that I need to access the FreeBSD environment? > >I'm looking at the original message and noticed that this is going onto a >second hard disk. Sometimes the boot manager doesn't install itself to >the first disk. So I think you need to do this yourself and you should be >well. It's called `booteasy' and is comprised of two files, bootinst.exe >and boot.bin, that reside on the tools/ directory on the FTP site or >CDROM. Just grab both, boot to DOS (using a boot floppy preferably, if >none is available and you're on win95 safe mode boot to command line and >use the `lock' command to disable the boot sector locking) and run >bootinst. Next reboot you should be able to select the second disk and >from there BSD. > >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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