From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 26 18:52:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA25735 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 26 Jul 1996 18:52:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts9-line3.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.84]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA25730 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 1996 18:52:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA00285; Fri, 26 Jul 1996 18:52:52 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 18:52:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: hmmm cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BOOT.FLP In-Reply-To: <31F64968.4EDD@alaska.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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