From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 26 09:12:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA04710 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 26 Jul 1996 09:12:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mother.cdrom.com (mother.cdrom.com [204.216.28.172]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA04705 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 1996 09:12:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (support@localhost) by mother.cdrom.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id JAA16418 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 1996 09:12:24 -0700 (PDT) Delivery-Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 10:11:52 -0700 X-Received: from wc.cdrom.com (wc.cdrom.com [204.216.28.155]) by mother.cdrom.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id KAA20692 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 10:11:51 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: from alaska.net (root@calvino.alaska.net [206.149.65.3]) by wc.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA08685 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 10:11:21 -0700 X-Received: from anc-p26-230.alaska.net by alaska.net (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA08435; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 09:11:35 -0800 Message-Id: <31F64968.4EDD@alaska.net> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 09:03:52 -0700 From: hmmm X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: support@cdrom.com Subject: BOOT.FLP X-Url: http://www.cdrom.com/support_page/support_byname.html Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ReSent-Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 09:12:17 -0700 (PDT) ReSent-From: Jamil Weatherbee ReSent-To: questions@freebsd.org ReSent-Message-ID: Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk i have installed 2.1.5 BSD multiple time with multiple copies of BOOT.FLP and find that on PC's with 2 hard drives, the MBR gets screwy and you have to bang on multiple F keys, while the promt switches & flips around, just to get your DOS going. BSD never boots. on my laptop with 1 HD, i have no problem. i posted sent a note last week regarding this but have not heard any response ... example of prompt switching and bouncing around: (doesn't matter what F keys you hit ...) F1 disk 1 F5 BSD F1 BSD F5 disk 2 etc ...