Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 18:52:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: hmmm <hmmm@alaska.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BOOT.FLP Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960726185208.224G-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <31F64968.4EDD@alaska.net>
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On Wed, 24 Jul 1996, hmmm wrote: > i have installed 2.1.5 BSD multiple time with multiple copies of > BOOT.FLP and find that on PC's with 2 hard drives, the MBR gets screwy > and you have to bang on multiple F keys, while the promt switches & flips > around, just to get your DOS going. BSD never boots. on my laptop with > 1 HD, i have no problem. This usually points to a geometry problem. Try putting a small DOS partition on the disk then install FreeBSD on top of it. the DOS slice helps sysinstall to figure out the proper geometry. 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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