Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 11:57:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: GhostLV <ross@lvcm.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808061154400.28098-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <002901bdbe31$a76dae60$3f05ea18@ross.lvcablemodem.com>
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On Sun, 2 Aug 1998, GhostLV wrote: > I'm pretty new in FreeBSD and so far installation has been a nightmare > for me, compared to Red Hat Linux, but I'm not giving up. I initially > had some problem getting the install to recognize my third HD. Warning: PC BIOSes generally can't boot more than the first two disks in the system. Fancy boot managers (Partition Magic's / OS/2's boot manager comes to mind) but booteasy isn't that smart. In other words, you aren't going to be able to boot this partition, even if you do get it installed. > I finally got the install to recognize the drive and choose to install > BOOT MANAGER ON THE DRIVE I WAS INSTALLING FBSD ON, BUT NOT THE > PRIMARY DRIVE. Known problem. Simply install booteasy onto that disk; see the FAQ at http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ for instructions. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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