From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 26 1:51: 0 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from aragorn.neomedia.it (aragorn.neomedia.it [195.103.207.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3728C37BB1E for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2000 01:50:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bartequi@neomedia.it) Received: from bartequi.ottodomain.org (ppp3-pa5.neomedia.it [195.103.207.115]) by aragorn.neomedia.it (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id KAA01855; Wed, 26 Apr 2000 10:50:42 +0200 (CEST) From: Salvo Bartolotta Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 09:53:33 GMT Message-ID: <20000426.9533300@bartequi.ottodomain.org> Subject: Re: boot problems To: bwolter@students.depaul.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <39064A3C.CD113490@shrike.depaul.edu> References: <39064A3C.CD113490@shrike.depaul.edu> X-Mailer: SuperCalifragilis X-Priority: 3 (Normal) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 4/26/00, 2:45:32 AM, bwwolter wrote=20 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=20 lie on your disk. I recall reading a Linux mini-howto on this subject=20 (Linux+FreeBSD) few months ago. I seem to remember that if you have=20 Linux on an extended partition, FreeBSD should be installed past that=20 extended partition; otherwise Linux might get confused and damage=20 (overwrite) your FreeBSD installation.=20 You should check this mini-howto out on your HD: as I have said, I=20 haven't seen much of Linux in the past few months (and I wiped it out=20 a few days ago; waiting for a new disk). =20 This piece of information might still be relevant. At least, if you=20 first installed FreeBSD. HTH, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message