Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 12:57:45 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Jacques Hugo <jacques@linkage.ctech.ac.za> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Booting from first hdd Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971106125635.799C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199711060654.IAA04675@linkage.ctech.ac.za>
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On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Jacques Hugo wrote: > I've installed 2.2.5 on my box this morning. > I've got 2 SCSI hardrives in there. After doing > the slicing, the whole installation went well, > but .... when the system boots, I get options > > --------------------- > F1 ... BSD > F5 ... disk2 > > F?: > --------------------- > > The first disk I toggled bootable, and installed > the strap. The second disk I left as is. Whenever > I type in F1 to boot from the first disk, nothing > happens and the boot options are echo'd again. If you're not planning on putting any bootable OSs on the second disk, then use a DOS boot floppy and run FDISK /MBR to remove the Boot Manager. Fixing this involves reinstalling. Your geometry was mis-detected by the installation program and while this won't impact system operation it will mess up booteasy. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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