Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 12:19:35 -0800 (PST) From: Howard Lew <hlew@genome.Stanford.EDU> To: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 2.1.0-RELEASE problems... Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951128121814.18253D-100000@vegemite.Stanford.EDU> In-Reply-To: <199511220049.QAA07480@ref.tfs.com>
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On Tue, 21 Nov 1995, Julian Elischer wrote: > actually you should still be able to install FreeBSD with the > drives disabled from the BIOS, as we don't USE the Bios.. > > note the geometry assigned to the disks when you DO have them for the BIOS > so you can inform the install code of this geometry when you are doing > the SLICING menu (option 'G' I believe)... > you should be able to install as per usual.. > booting is another question.... > but it's worth a try.. > > make sure that you install the win95 first.. > it overwrites other system's bootmanagers (gee thanks usoft..) > > if it doesn't work, it'd be worth booting and using the 'fixit' option to > get a shell and examining the output of fdisk and disklabel > > Thanks for the help. It works great now.... Although the DTC2278 EB controller wouldn't boot with the boot manager, I can boot up freebsd with the fbsdboot.exe in Win 95 Dos mode.
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