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From: Sergey Pukach <pss@gloom.te.net.ua>
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Subject: Re: how to install FreeBSD on a slave disk ?
In-Reply-To: <33E2BB64.573E@wanadoo.fr> from Christine Duchaine at "Aug 1, 97 09:45:24 pm"
To: Christine.Duchaine@wanadoo.fr (Christine Duchaine)
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 1997 18:15:37 +0300 (EEST)
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> Hi,
> 
> Sorry for this novice question ....
> 
> I would like to install FreeBSD on a secondary (slave) hard disk.
> Here is my configuration :
> 
> First disk (500 MB) : primary (Master) hard disk with DOS installed.
> Second Disk (2500 MB) : Secondary (Slave) disk.
> 
> I would like to install FreeBSD on the first 500 MB of the 
> second disk, and the remaining of the 2nd disk would be
> an extended DOS partition.
> 
> I have tried this configuration, but my PC always boots on the
> DOS partition of the first disk.


Did you succesfully finished installation ? Did you mark FreeBSD slice 
as active ? If so just run bootinst.exe - it can be found at FreeBSD CDROM.
Say 'yes' to install BootEasy to first disk and 'no' to second. 

> Is this configuration completely stupid ? Or is there a way
> to run it.

I'm using almost the same configuration - 1.7Gb master divided between
DOS and BSDi, and second 3.2Gb disk dedicated to FreeBSD. My favorite :)

pss

// Sergey Pukach
// pss@te.net.ua

> 
> Any help, any information would be appreciated....
> Please would you mind answering directly to :
>  christine.duchaine@wanadoo.fr
> 
> Thanks you
> 
> Sincerely
> 
> Christine
>