From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 13 08:54:20 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id IAA10427 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 13 Nov 1995 08:54:20 -0800 Received: from kryten.atinc.com (kryten.Atinc.COM [198.138.38.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id IAA10341 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 1995 08:53:52 -0800 Received: (jmb@localhost) by kryten.atinc.com (8.6.9/8.3) id LAA17110; Mon, 13 Nov 1995 11:30:24 -0500 Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 11:30:23 -0500 (EST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Subject: Re: Boots from wrong disk To: Michael Beckmann cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 13 Nov 1995, Michael Beckmann wrote: > Unfortunately, it seems not to have installed the boot manager. After the > installation, when I rebooted, the old system was still active, and I > don't know how to boot the other system. What can I do ? you may have installed the boot manager on the new disk ONLY. at boot do you get a little menu ala: F1 FreeBSD F5 second disk (forget the exact wording) if not, then the boot manager is not installed on the first disk. if you do get the menu, hit and then select FreeBSD from the menu. installing the boot manager on the old disk is not hard, but i always read the man page 5 times and cringe when i do that, so i will let someone else (who is more comfortable) give you instructions. Jonathan M. Bresler jmb@kryten.atinc.com | Analysis & Technology, Inc. FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.Org | 2341 Jeff Davis Hwy play go. | Arlington, VA 22202 ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life | 703-418-2800 x346