Date: Thu, 08 Aug 96 01:49:50 -0400 From: "M. Wang" <mwang@fastlane.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Boot manager Message-ID: <199608081901.OAA24564@fastlane.net>
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Hi, I installed FreeBSD 2.1.0. But, when reboot from hard disk, it just
boot as if I had never installed boot manager. When I am in DOS, I
cannot change drive to the partition I installed FreeBSD. However, from
fdisk, I can see a partition marked Non-DOS and the activation status is
on. I partitioned my disk using fdisk utility of DOS.
When I first installed FreeBSD, I could not boot from my hard disk at
all. I had to reinstall DOS and all other data in my first drive and
second drive. (So, basically, I install FreeBSD before I install DOS?).
The current situation is like what I described on my first paragraph.
I have 486 machine. Two IDE drives. 130 meg and 540 meg. I use first
drive for DOS(windows3.1), and the first part of second drive for DOS,
and remaining for FreeBSD.
I use novice installation. The second drive partition after I installed
FreeBSD is as follows:
Offset Size End Name PType Desc Subtype Flags
0 1008 1007 - 6 unused 0
1008 512,064 513,071 wd1s1 4 extended 5 =
513,072 541,296 1,054,367 wd1s2 3 freebsd 165 C=
I saw some questions similar to mine on the search engine, but, where can
I find the answers to those questions?
By the way, when I install, I did not see where it ask me which drive I
want to install Boot manager, I supposed it just install on my first
dirve, right?
Thank you for your patience.
Marie Wang
Disk name: wd1 Disk Geometry 1046 cyls / 16 heads / 63 sectors
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