Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 11:37:12 +0200 From: Marc Schneiders <marc@oldserver.demon.nl> To: "Kristof Peeters" <kristof.peeters@iname.com>, <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Can't install kernel... Message-ID: <99091111445500.06618@mistress.oldserver.demon.nl> References: <006501befc34$52d45a60$39f74bc1@mp-piii450-dvd>
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On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Kristof Peeters wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I recently bought the FreeBSD 3.2 distribution... complete with book and all > 4 CD-roms from Walnut Creek. > About the last 7 hours I tried to install this excellent operating system. I > previously installed a 3.0 distribution on an different computer and now I > had to start all over... > > The computer is a Pentium 133 with 16 Mb - 2 Hard Disks (1.2 Gb and 850 Mb) > No problem at all, i guess. > So I tried to dual boot it, together with Windows 98. Since it was > preinstalled, I kept Windows 98 on my C-drive and wanted to install FreeBSD > on the D-drive. [cut out some 20 lines] > So, then the installation stopped and I had to reboot... > Surprisingly, I've selected to install the bootmanager that was on the disk. > Windows 98 started to boot... I didn't even had a chance to select any OS. > > What went wrong, and what can I do about it? Most PC's boot the first hard disk :-) So you will have to put the FBSD boot manager on the first drive. There is a utility for this in the tools directory on your CD, in directory tools: bootinst.exe. Run it from DOS. You will then probably see when you reboot: F1 DOS F5 Drive 1 Hit F5 and you get the boot manager on the second drive, which should have the FreeBSD entry. Succes! -- Marc Schneiders marc@oldserver.demon.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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