From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 12 21:23:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA24407 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 21:23:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (metriclient-1.uoregon.edu [128.223.172.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA24388 for ; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 21:23:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA00919; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 00:24:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 00:23:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: admin@netshop.com.au cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot Error In-Reply-To: <357967D0.68B30ED4@ccon.com.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 7 Jun 1998, Louis Elias Gourvelos wrote: > Hi there > I have a little problem, well I think it is..... > I can not get my hard drive to boot after doing the Novice installation > of the OS 2.2.6 which I purchased the cd-roms fromWlnut Creek. > I set the partition to dangerous mode, as I want the pc to be a totally > stand alone freeBSD and I check that the settings are correct for the > partition > CA>= > I believe that means the partition is active properly aligned etc.... > then I select an automatic selection for the partion as far as where / > and swp's and user directories etc........... > and then it goes through it's merry little way and copies files to the > hdd etc finally it finishes and I exit the install it then prompts me to > remove the floppy and it will reboot. > So I do > but then I get boot error > I tried various combinations but it appears as though I am missing > something in a big way. Your BIOS does not support dedicated mode disks. Reinstall FreeBSD, and select to keep the partition table compatible with other OSs. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major NOTICE: Make sure your mailer replies to dwhite@resnet or I won't get it! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message