Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 00:02:19 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Brett Hamlin <BrettH@Social-Connect.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Install Question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980330000207.23543o-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <01bd5806$f4844880$81805ed1@bretth.social-connect.com>
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On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Brett Hamlin wrote: > I am trying to install FreeBSD. I select the standard MBR on the > install screen. After it's done installing and I reboot, I get a no > operating system found error. It's like its not copying the MBR to the > bootsector. If I reinstall it and select the multi-OS boot manager, it > will load that boot manager but, when I press F1, (load FreeBSD), it > will just return me to the f prompt, like it can find the FreeBSD > kernel. However, if i put in my boot floppy and tell it to specifically > load from 0:sd(0,a)kernel, then it will load. I guess, I'm wondering if > I'm missing a step here for it to automatically load without having to > put the floppy in everytime. What is your disk layout? Do you have both IDE and SCSI disks? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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