Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 09:53:33 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@neomedia.it> To: bwolter@students.depaul.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot problems Message-ID: <20000426.9533300@bartequi.ottodomain.org> In-Reply-To: <39064A3C.CD113490@shrike.depaul.edu> References: <39064A3C.CD113490@shrike.depaul.edu>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 4/26/00, 2:45:32 AM, bwwolter <bwolter@students.depaul.edu> wrote regarding boot problems: > hi, > i'm having trouble installing (or should i say booting) freeBSD 4.0. > The installation process seems to work properly. The filesystems all > appear to have been written to my hard disk and i recieve a message > confirming that my installation has been successfully completed, yet > upon rebooting the system the boot manager cannot find the proper boot > image. it recognizes the freeBSD partition, but says that it cannot > find any operating system. if anyone could offer some advice it would > be much appriciated. > btw, if it's any help, i have installed freeBSD to coexist with a Linux > distribution (SuSE). perhaps this is the root of the problem? at any > rate, any help would be much appriciated. > thanks, > brian Dear Brian Wolter (?), your problem might be related to the *order* in which your partitions lie on your disk. I recall reading a Linux mini-howto on this subject (Linux+FreeBSD) few months ago. I seem to remember that if you have Linux on an extended partition, FreeBSD should be installed past that extended partition; otherwise Linux might get confused and damage (overwrite) your FreeBSD installation. You should check this mini-howto out on your HD: as I have said, I haven't seen much of Linux in the past few months (and I wiped it out a few days ago; waiting for a new disk). This piece of information might still be relevant. At least, if you first installed FreeBSD. HTH, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehelp
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