From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 29 21:44:22 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from totaloverdose.net (cx151504-a.sthngtn1.ct.home.com [24.2.191.158]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D99037B440 for ; Tue, 29 Aug 2000 21:44:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from thebeast (glacman@The.Beast [10.10.24.3] (may be forged)) by totaloverdose.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id AAA68712 for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2000 00:32:56 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from glacious@totaloverdose.net) Message-ID: <000801c0123b$7c219540$03180a0a@sthngtn1.ct.home.com> From: "Bill" To: Subject: Boot Manager on a Laptop, win98 boots, fbsd won't Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 00:33:05 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0005_01C01219.DCE966E0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C01219.DCE966E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I've been trying to install freebsd on my Dell Inspiron 7500 notebook, = and it all goes fine until I reboot to boot into the installed FreeBSD = OS.=20 F1: Windows F2: FreeBSD Default: F1 I press F1, I goto windows, no problem. Press nothing, goes to default, = F1, windows, no problem. Press F2, it beeps. I've reinstalled 3 times, = no luck yet. I fdisk /mbr and reinstalled, and made the fbsd partition = bootable during install, still no luck. Any help or usefull resources = would be very much appreciated. =20 -Bill = glacious@totaloverdose.net ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C01219.DCE966E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I've been trying to install freebsd on = my Dell=20 Inspiron 7500 notebook, and it all goes fine until I reboot to boot into = the=20 installed FreeBSD OS.

F1: Windows

F2: FreeBSD

Default: F1

I press F1, I goto windows, no = problem. Press=20 nothing, goes to default, F1, windows, no problem. Press F2, it=20 beeps. I've reinstalled 3 times, no luck yet. I fdisk = /mbr and=20 reinstalled, and made the fbsd partition bootable during install, still = no=20 luck. Any help or usefull resources would be very much = appreciated. =20

=20 = =20 = =20 -Bill glacious@totaloverdose.net=

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