Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 22:02:42 -0500 (EST) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: bf20761@binghamton.edu (zhihuizhang) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: A multi-OS Installation of FreeBSD 2.2.8 Message-ID: <199902240302.WAA27853@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.L3.93.990223154652.20462A-100000@bingsun1> from zhihuizhang at "Feb 23, 99 04:01:02 pm"
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zhihuizhang wrote, > > I have posted similar messages some time ago and I have not figured out my > problem since then. My machine already has Windows-NT, DOS, Linux > installed on it. I tried to install FreeBSD at the last primary partition > which is 1.4Gig. Everthing went soomthly except when I reboot the machine > and let system commander to choose the partion labeled as BSD to boot > from, I got the "read error" message and the system hangs. > > My question is: (1) Does the order of installation affect the co-existence > of these OSs? (2) Do we have to put FreeBSD at the front of the disk? The > machine has Award V4.51 PG modular BIOS. I am using PM 3.02. When I > installed FreeBSD, I choose "leave the MBR intact". Might be a 1024 cylinder issue. See, http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/multios/multios.html Have a close look at part 5. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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