From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 21 20:55: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from brutus.converging.net (edtn002029.hs.telusplanet.net [161.184.135.251]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EBD01546A for ; Tue, 21 Sep 1999 20:54:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dtougas@brutus.converging.net) Received: (from dtougas@localhost) by brutus.converging.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA19358; Tue, 21 Sep 1999 22:13:06 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from dtougas) Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 22:13:06 -0600 From: Damien Tougas To: Mike Renard Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot manager and multiple hard drives Message-ID: <19990921221306.A19278@converging.net> References: <00f101bf047f$46ac06e0$0702a8c0@mgfairfax.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <00f101bf047f$46ac06e0$0702a8c0@mgfairfax.rr.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG One way that I have booted to different drives is just to select which boot device is to be booted in the BIOS (provided that your BIOS supports booting from multiple drives). This has enabled me to do a normal installation of FreeBSD without having to worry about boot managers. > I've been trying to install FreeBSD 3.2 on my system for a while and I'm > having problems with the boot manager. My primary hard drive is a 2.1 gig > windows drive, but i want to install freebsd on a 500mb hd that is my > secondary ide slave. The installation seems to work fine, but when the boot > manager comes up, if i select freebsd it gives me the error "invalid > partition" because i believe it's trying to mount my windows drive. I'd > appreciate any help anyone could give me on how to install/configure the > boot manager so that it will work with my drive set-up. > > Mike Renard > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Damien Tougas Converging Technology Solutions, Inc. Phone: (780)469-1679 Fax: (780)461-5127 E-mail: dtougas@converging.net http://www.converging.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message