From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 2 11:56:15 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA08970 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 2 Dec 1996 11:56:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA08965 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 1996 11:56:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.3/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA02312; Mon, 2 Dec 1996 11:57:57 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 11:57:57 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: System Administrator cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: <199612020228.VAA06087@mail.blink.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Installation questions belong on questions@freebsd.org, not doc. I'll forward this to the proper list. Thanks. On Sun, 1 Dec 1996, System Administrator wrote: > Help I am trying to install free bsd > on my computer but have run into some problems. > I get everything installed ok except I cant > seem to get the partition info right. > it either comes up and does nothing, > or, it says no operating system or > if I choose to use the boot manager, it > pops up and does nothing. in the installation, > what should the setting for the bootable partition be? If you're getting 'No Operating System' then you're one step away. In those cases, use a DOS boot floppy and reset one of the partitions on your first disk to 'active'. Then all should be well. In the other two cases, you need to be more specific as to what happens. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon..edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major