Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 16:54:30 +0000 (GMT) From: VPS Colo Support <support@vpscolo.com> To: Konrad Scorciapino <konrad@scorciapino.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting from a hard disk not supported by the BIOS Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0401091653470.3280@bitch.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20040109143634.42e655bc.konrad@scorciapino.org> References: <20040109143634.42e655bc.konrad@scorciapino.org>
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On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Konrad Scorciapino wrote: > Hi, > > I've got an old computer with 2 hard disks. The first has 2GB and > FreeBSD installed; the second, 20GB and windows installed. However, the > computer's BIOS is quite old and doesn't detect the second hard disk, so > I cannot boot from it. So how can I do that? I've tried installing > FreeBSD's boot manager, but apparently it gets the devices' information > from BIOS, since the only hard disk that appears in the boot list is the > first one. Or perhaps there is a file somewhere to edit and add all > information. Could you do a very small install on the primary hard disk and then use theat to boot the 20G disk? Rus -- e: support@vpscolo.com t: 1-888-327-6330 www.jvds.com - Root on your own box www.vpscolo.com - Your next hosting company
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