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From: Val Kilmer <malaclypse@diogenes.ionet.net>
To: Maurice Satijn <maurice@tns.phys.tue.nl>
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Subject: Re: bootmanager
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This is REALLY weird. You may want to try doing a 'sh MAKEDEV wd0' as
root, but that does seem kind of risky. I'd only really try that if no one
else is able to make any other suggestions.

Sorry I couldn't be of more help,

Cory.

On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Maurice Satijn wrote:

> 
> > What are the FreeBSD device names for them? (ex: /dev/wd0s1 /dev/wd1s1)
> > Also, do you have a CDROM attached to this thing somewhere?
> > Finally, is your one HD mounted as primary master?
> 
> 1 harddrive (IDE) at which:
>  
> 1 unused (size 63)
> 1 primary dos partition 1834M    /dev/wd0s1
> 1 freebsd partition  1996M       /dev/wd0s2
> 1 unused (size 3024)
> 
> CDROM is attached, in BIOS is HD primary master, CDROM secondary.
>  
> the unused parts cannot be changed.
> > > 
> > > > Things to know: how many hard drives do you have, and what are the
> > > > partitions (not freebsd slices) on them.
> > > > 
> > > > Cory.
> > > > 
> > > > On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Maurice Satijn wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > l.s.
> > > > > 
> > > > > The freebsd bootmanager gives the following boot-menu after installing dos
> > > > > and freebsd:
> > > > > 
> > > > > f1 dos
> > > > > f2 freebsd
> > > > > f5 drive 0
> > > > > 
> > > > > If i now want to boot dos or bsd, i first have to choose f5, after which
> > > > > the following menu appears (f1 or f2 does not work at this stage):
> > > > > 
> > > > > f1 dos
> > > > > f2 freebsd
> > > > > 
> > > > > Now it is possible to boot both dos and bsd.
> > > > > Reinstalling the bootmanager does not change anything.
> > > > > What goes wrong with the installation of the bootmanager and how do I fix
> > > > > it.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Sincerely,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Maurice Satijn
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
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