Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 18:15:55 -0500 (EST) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: robh@uunet.co.za (Rob Hunter) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problem with dual boot Message-ID: <199911062315.SAA33196@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991106222014.2570A-100000@hole.noc.iafrica.com> from Rob Hunter at "Nov 6, 1999 10:25:21 pm"
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Rob Hunter wrote,
> Hi
>
> I have a machine running Win98. I've got a 20 gig ide drive in it. I'm
> having difficulties getting FreeBSD booted after installing (3.3-RELEASE).
>
> I'm installing from cdrom. This is what my partitions look like:
>
> part 1: fat32 (win98 installed - 4 gig)
> part 2: non-dos (3.5gig) this is where I'm installing FreeBSD
> part 3: fat32 (12 gig)
>
> I manage to finish the installation, and then ask it to install FreeBSD's
> default boot manager.
IIRC, the choice of boot manager is wa-ay at the begining of the
install process when you are doing the disk slicing and partitioning.
> After this, I get my 2 options when booting, and am
> told to press F3 to boot FreeBSD.
OK, you say that FreeBSD is slice 2 of 3. But you get two choices at
boot time, and the choices are 'F1' and 'F3'?
> I hear an audible beep when pressing
> this, and the only key that does anything is F1 (Win98).
>
> I've tried installing os-bs and end up with the same.
^^^^^
Huh? Not sure what that is.
> I've tried changing
> active id tag's too.
The boot manager just uses those for the 'Default:' on the menu.
> I've also tried letting it modify the start id
> automatically upon booting.
>
> No matter what, I can't get it to boot my bsd partition :(
>
> Any suggestions? Please reply to me personally as I'm not on
> freebsd-questions.
Could you show us the fdisk output? Are any of the slices "extended
partitions?"
--
Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com
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