From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 27 17:17:33 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA06561 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 27 Nov 1997 17:17:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA06535 for ; Thu, 27 Nov 1997 17:17:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id RAA20770; Thu, 27 Nov 1997 17:17:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 17:17:23 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: dennis petersen cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cannot boot!!!! after clean install In-Reply-To: <347ECBC0.603@roskildebc.dk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 28 Nov 1997, dennis petersen wrote: > i've installed free bsd 2.2.5 on a pentium II with adaptec aic-7880 > onboard SCSI controller, and 64 mb DSRAM + maxtro mystic graf adapter. > > after a clean install, i get the message. > > 1) read error Run DOS FDISK and make sure the active partition is set to one on the first disk. Did you set up this disk in other-os-compatibility mode? > 2) the bootmanager , but nothing happens The bootmanager what? What is your disk types and partition layout? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major