From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 31 16:44:20 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA24688 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 16:44:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pacs01.infoave.net (pacs01.InfoAve.Net [165.166.0.11]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA24683 for ; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 16:44:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from augusta.net.sunbelt.net (dial-1.r1.gaagst.infoave.net) by InfoAve.Net (PMDF V5.0-6 #4800) id <01I8XRAGN1FK8ZWAUX@InfoAve.Net> for questions@FreeBSD.org; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 19:44:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 19:43:51 -0400 From: Chris Scarff Subject: Unable to Boot Properly To: questions@FreeBSD.org Message-id: <3228CE37.76C7@augusta.net> Organization: U.S. Army (Home) MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk To All, I've read, installed and repeated that process five times. I can't get the computer to boot either from a boot manager on the primary drive or from a floppy. Boot up to install yes, but not after the install! I would REALLY like to boot from a floppy disk like I do with Linux. History: Cyrix 686 P166 16 Megs EDO RAM 2x Panasonic CD-ROM 3.5" FD Running Windoze 95 1.2 gig HD (Western Digital) [PRIMARY - DOS/Windoze] 245 Meg HD all for BSD [SECONDARY - FreeBSD]. When I go thru the install and it asks me weather to use a boot manager or not, it says that it will ask me more questions about where I want to boot from later. When I do tell it to use a boot manager (because nothing else has worked so far) the 1.2 gig HD (primary) doesn't use the boot manager. I'm affraid I'll overwrite my 1.2 gig if I screw up. After the Install I've also tried to tell the install floppy where to grab the knew kernal info from, but I can't find any real instructions on how to use the boot: prompt. I've tried 0:wdc1a and 0:wdc0b and all types of variations. AGAIN, How do I tell my floppy or another floppy, to boot from my knew BSD HD (secondary drive)? Thanks, C. Scarff -- * * trackster@augusta.net * * * * * Now running Cyrix 686 P166 Windoze 95 * * * * * NO! The Cyrix chip is NOT overheating * * Unix Administrator (SunOS/Solaris) http://www.augusta.net/cscarff/