Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 18:28:14 -0500 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: Eric Boucher <eric.boucher24@sympatico.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation problem Message-ID: <20000312182814.A30009@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <38CC0878.1B1F946B@sympatico.ca>; from eric.boucher24@sympatico.ca on Sun, Mar 12, 2000 at 04:13:28PM -0500 References: <38CC0878.1B1F946B@sympatico.ca>
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On Sun, Mar 12, 2000 at 04:13:28PM -0500, Eric Boucher wrote: > Hi, > > My name is Eric > > I just bought the book "the complete FreeBSD". I'm using Win98 and > Win2000 installed on the same hard disk. I wanted to install FreeBSD on > the same hard disk, but it didn't work. It stop after I clic the "done" > button after specifying my mouse, my card etc. . Exactly how far into the installation did you go? > Is FreeBSD compatible with Win2000? Do I have to remove Win98 to > make FreeBSD work properly? "I have a Chevy, Ford, and Jeep in the garage. The Ford won't start. Does that mean it is incompatible with the Chevy? Do I need to remove the Jeep for the Ford to start?" The Win* OSs and FreeBSD are completely different beasts that have nothing to do with each other. > When I tried to install FreeBSD, I marked the option to make a > bootdirectory to choose from my others OS. Is it this option that make > FreeBSD unreable? Now, when I start my computer, I have the choice to > start FreeBSD or Dos. When I choose FreeBSD, the computer make a "beep" > sound and didn't start nothing. What messages do you get, if any? > When I choose Dos, I have a second menu > that appear to choose from my two different Windows systems (wich was my > old boot menu before I install FreeBSD). How can I do to erase that > first menu, because FreeBSD isn't working on my system for now, but the > boot choices are still there. IIRC, you 'fdisk /mbr', but I'd check on that before possibly wrecking your MBR. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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