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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Jacob Roberto <jroberto@on-ramp.ior.com>
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Subject: Re: Problems Booting FreeBSD
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On Sun, 7 Sep 1997, Jacob Roberto wrote:

> Before I installed FreeBSD I used your BOOTINST.EXE program to change my
> boot sectors. When I booted from drive 1, it loaded Windows 95. When I
> booted from drive 2, I just got the menu again...normal.
> 
> Then I installed FreeBSD from your boot disk image. When promped, I told it
> you use the normal MBR. I seemed to install just fine, but when I boot my
> system, it loads Windows 95 no matter what drive I tell it to boot from.

Well, you deleted the boot manager!  You should have selected the option
to leave it as-is.

> I tried to reinstall FreeBSD. I booted from the boot disk and configured the
> kernel like I did before, but not instead of bringing up the main menu, I
> get a blank screen with an ASCII block character in the upper-left corner,
> it accesses my floppy, then hard drive, then CD-ROM, then it does nothing.
> 
> I tried to make a FIXIT disk, but when I boot from it, it just says it can't
> find /KERNEL.
> 
> What do I do now?

Re-run bootinst or type `wd(1,a)/kernel' from the Boot: prompt on the boot
floppy.

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