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Date:      Tue, 30 Jan 2001 22:23:58 -0800
From:      "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
To:        "Casper Andersen" <caspera@sophistic.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: compaq presario won't load kernel after installation
Message-ID:  <007301c08b4e$651bbb00$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
In-Reply-To: <003201c08850$99b3c2f0$f058e7c3@itcollege.dk>

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First of all don't buy Compaq Presario's, they are the
garbage-grade Compaqs.  You want Deskpro's and Proliants.

With that said you should try installing a 5-10MB DOS
partition on the disk, then the FreeBSD partition on the
remaining amount of the disk.

Ted Mittelstaedt                      tedm@toybox.placo.com
Author of:          The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide
Book website:         http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Casper Andersen
> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 3:02 AM
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: compaq presario won't load kernel after installation
> 
> 
> Hey people
> 
> I have come across an odd problem with a Compaq Presario I'm 
> installing for
> a friend. Having searched through the web and mailing lists all I 
> have found



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