From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 30 9:40:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from isiproxy.insolwwb.net (isiproxy.insolwwb.net [208.150.248.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE52915A44 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 1999 09:39:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mgrommet@isiar.net) Received: by ISIMAIN with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Wed, 29 Sep 1999 11:34:02 -0500 Message-ID: <7011ACE3864AD31183E50008C7FA081F01D4E8@ISIMAIN> From: Michael Grommet To: 'Alejandro Ramirez' , 'Sheldon Hearn' , "'e l l e :)'" Cc: "'questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: RE: FreeBSD install Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 11:33:27 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG If it is a hard drive overlay, the fdisk /mbr will not work, at least I don't think so. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Alejandro Ramirez Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 10:41 AM To: Sheldon Hearn; e l l e :) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: FreeBSD install > > This takes me to some foreign place where it reads, "Hit A to boot > > from a:" so I do that, after sticking in the kern.flp floppy in a. > > This is also not something I've seen with FreeBSD installs, so it's > probably _also_ something specific to your computer. She must probably has an MBR Manager to support some kind of disk, and this manager its the one that shows the "Hit A to boot from a:" thing, so I suggest to "Back Up" all the important data of your disk, and try something like a:\fdisk /mbr to restore a normal MBR to the disk, and try again. BTW All the information and the Windos stuff will be lost. Have Fun... Ales > > > You can tell that the a: is being read briefly, and then the words, > > "starting win 95" shows up on the screen. > > If I had to guess, I'd say your computer does some odd stuff when trying > to boot off a floppy and probably expects to find certain stuff on the > floppy that it's not finding. So it assumes the diskette isn't bootable > and skips it. > > I'd suggest that you either post to the list more information about the > kind of computer you're using, or ask someone who knows the computer > what's going on. > > Good luck! > > Ciao, > Sheldon. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message