Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 15:53:37 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: Steve <steve@piperscreek.com> Cc: freebsdquestions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 2 HD's boot problem / how to ??? / repeat Message-ID: <37ED5271.171C8761@3-cities.com> References: <00a701bf07a1$f86ec000$3e1d5bcf@steve>
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Steve wrote: > > I have installed freeebsd on a second hard drive, but think I blew it. > I have and IDE controller > The primary channel master is my old C: with Win98 > The primary channel slave is my CD-ROM > The seconday channel master is currently my second hard drive with freebsd > (only) > > Computer hangs on boot and doesn't recognize the second hard drive. > I 'assume' that is because Win98 doesn't know what to do with the HD with > freebsd on it. I have found that to be a problem only if you "dangerously dedicate" the second HD. Give it a regular DOS mbr and it will probably be happy. Kent > > Do I need to load a small DOS partition on my second HD.. the one with > freebsd on it so that Win98 can find it? > > In short, I would like to keep freebsd on a HD by itself and still have the > choice of booting to either my old C: with Win98 or the HD with freebsd. > I have Partition Magic and Bootmagic also available. > > Many thanks to all (again) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ SETI(Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ HOME http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ Hunting Archibald Stewart, b 1802 in Ballymena, Antrim Co., NIR http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/genealogy/archibald_stewart.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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