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Date:      Wed, 30 Aug 2000 13:24:42 -0400
From:      "Andresen,Jason R." <jandrese@mitre.org>
To:        Paul Jansen <vlaero@yahoo.com.au>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: editing boot loader?
Message-ID:  <39AD435A.6FEA5B35@mitre.org>
References:  <20000830170221.15439.qmail@web5103.mail.yahoo.com>

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Paul Jansen wrote:
> 
> My boot loader no longer allows my to boot FreeBSD.  I
> don't know how to fix this.
> When I press 'F3' for FreeBSD it just beeps at me.
> I've been able to verify that my FreeBSD partition is
> alive and well.
> 
> I am looking for a little more informatino on the
> FreeBSD boot process.  I would very much like to be
> able to add a line to my NT emergency boot floppy that
> enables me to boot FreeBSD also but have so far been
> unsuccessful.

Are you trying to install FreeBSD 4.0 beyond about 8.5GB on the 
drive?  If so you might want to consider upgrading to 4.1 or 
4-STABLE, which has the fix for this problem.


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