From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 4 13:18:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 237E916A4CE for ; Sun, 4 Jul 2004 13:18:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccmmhc91.asp.att.net (sccmmhc91.asp.att.net [204.127.203.211]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9466243D31 for ; Sun, 4 Jul 2004 13:18:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from david.fleck@mchsi.com) Received: from grond (12-216-14-105.client.mchsi.com[12.216.14.105]) by sccmmhc91.asp.att.net (sccmmhc91) with SMTP id <20040704131845m9100poes8e>; Sun, 4 Jul 2004 13:18:50 +0000 Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 08:18:45 -0500 (CDT) From: David Fleck Sender: dcf@grond.sourballs.org To: Danny MacMillan In-Reply-To: <20040703151518.GB1011@procyon.nekulturny.org> Message-ID: <20040704081347.E19350@grond.sourballs.org> References: <20040703071525.T19350@grond.sourballs.org> <20040703151518.GB1011@procyon.nekulturny.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: David Fleck cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Install errors on old HP machine X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 13:18:52 -0000 On Sat, 3 Jul 2004, Danny MacMillan wrote: > If you have another laptop, you can: > > 1. Put the hard drive in the other laptop. > 2. Install a boot manager on it that will allow you to boot from CD. > 3. Put the hard drive back in the HP. > 4. Boot the HP from the FreeBSD and proceed as normally. > > That's what I did. Here's the boot manager I used: > > http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/ > > You can install the standard boot manager during FreeBSD installation if > you want, or choose "None" to keep the fancy one. Thanks for the information. This machine is a low priority, but I'll try your idea soon. -- David Fleck david.fleck@mchsi.com