From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 25 19:52:52 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id TAA19380 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 25 Oct 1995 19:52:52 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id TAA18668 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 1995 19:48:05 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id MAA09390; Thu, 26 Oct 1995 12:10:01 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199510260240.MAA09390@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: How to boot up FreeBSD after installation on second IDE drive To: Vikya@aol.com Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 12:10:00 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <951025191645_54319666@emout05.mail.aol.com> from "Vikya@aol.com" at Oct 25, 95 07:16:47 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 943 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Vikya@aol.com stands accused of saying: > > I installed FreeBSD 2.0.5 on my second IDE hard drive. > After I finished installation I did not get any 'F?' prompt to find out what > is the function key for BSD. FreeBSD is very careful to avoid writing on any disks that you haven't specifically asked it to. In your case, it means that it hasn't written the bootmanager to the first disk; you'll have to do that yourself. The bootmanager's DOS-based installer is on the CDrom; you can also use another bootmanager like OS-BS or the OS/2 Bootmangler. > Victor -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[