Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 21:36:51 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: Steve Jorgensen <steve@khoral.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Multi-boot problem.. Message-ID: <396E1A53.A3427BDB@i-clue.de> References: <200007131733.LAA21357@zen.alb.khoral.com>
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Steve Jorgensen wrote: > > I installed FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE as of July 11, on > my new Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop, and I'm having > trouble getting the multiboot menu working. I've > tried both the standard FreeBSD boot menu and > the OS-BS boot menu. OS-BS reports "missing operating > system" when I try to boot it, and the FreeBSD one just > beeps at me (no error message at all) > > My disk is sliced as follows: > > 11GB windows slice > 17GB FreeBSD slice with following partitions > - 64meg / > - 512meg swap > - 4 meg /usr > - 4 meg /data > > I am able to boot by booting from my 4.0 CD, then > switching the currdev to my harddisk before > letting it boot the kernel. However, this is > really annoying. Did I mess something up when > I installed FreeBSD? Did I miss a config line > in one of the conf files in /boot? > > Any help is appreciated. AFAIR most BIOSes won't boot anything beyond the very first GB of you hard drive. Multi-Boot is a pain, but the cause is brain-dead BIOS conventions. HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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