From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 9 6:20: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.camelot.de (robin.camelot.de [195.30.224.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39FFD37B5E1 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2000 06:19:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bofax@camelot.de) Received: from robin.camelot.de (bofax@robin.camelot.de [195.30.224.3]) by mail.camelot.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA07312; Thu, 9 Mar 2000 15:19:55 +0100 (CET) Received: (from bofax@localhost) by robin.camelot.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA07306; Thu, 9 Mar 2000 15:19:55 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 15:19:55 +0100 From: Florian Bofinger To: Alina Morales Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation on 20G HD Message-ID: <20000309151955.B86742@camelot.de> Mail-Followup-To: Alina Morales , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from almorale@cicese.mx on Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 06:52:48PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 06:52:48PM +0000, Alina Morales wrote: > Hi, I tried to install FreeBSD on a second partition on my HD, the other > partition has Microsoft and the HD is a Western Digital 20.5G. The > Installation was successfull - said the program - but I couldn't start > BSD only could start Windows98. > F1= Default > F2= FreeBSD > Help! What can I do? I need it, so much! > > > > Thanks for Your help! [assuming, that nothing happens if you press F2] I had the same problem on my Acer Extensa 710TE. I solved it by booting from the kernel-floppy and pressing immediately space. At the prompt, I entered wd(0,a)/boot/loader and the kernel booted. Then I reconfigured the boot0-manager by entering: boot0cfg -o packet /dev/rwd0 (actually I used rad0 since I'm running -CURRENT). That worked for me. BoFax -- Florian Bofinger www.camelot.de - Der "sagenhafte" Internet Full-Service Provider 'Can't buy what I want because it's free' - Pearl Jam (FreeBSD rocks) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message