Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 19:49:45 +1000 (EST) From: Andrew MacIntyre <andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au> To: "Bart (The Good Guy) Trzynadlowski" <trzy@powernet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD installation problem, step-by-step walkthrough of problem included! Message-ID: <Pine.OS2.3.95.990331194722.85A-100000@CENTRAL> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990329221704.00852db0@powernet.net>
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On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Bart (The Good Guy) Trzynadlowski wrote:
> - Window pops up saying: "Install boot manager for drive wd2?"
> - I choose "None" because wd2 isn't my booting drive
> - Screen pops up asking what disk I should make this operation on. I choose
> WD2. It told me earlier that when I get to FDISK again I should just hit Q
> - In FDISK I hit Q
> - A window pops up saying: "Install boot manager for drive wd2?" again
> - I say "None" again
> - I choose WD0 to perform the operation and WD2 is already checked
> - In FDISK I choose "Q"
> - Now a window says: Install boot manager for drive wd0?"
> - This is my booting drive so I choose (*) BootMgr
> - Asks me to select the drive to perform the operation on, I choose WD0
> - Does NOT take me to FDISK but instead takes me to the FreeBSD Disk Label
> Editor... under WD0!!!
> - I quit the installation and restart
Try installing the boot manager on the second drive (which _is_ your
FreeBSD boot drive).
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