Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 20:21:51 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Steve Wingate <s.wingate@pobox.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dualbooting STABLE & CURRENT Message-ID: <20031101202118.Q70057@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20031101194019.T590@daemon.g-e-e-k.net> References: <20031101131821.U253@daemon.g-e-e-k.net> <20031101161947.M70057@carver.gumbysoft.com> <20031101194019.T590@daemon.g-e-e-k.net>
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On Sat, 1 Nov 2003, Steve Wingate wrote: > > "Nothing happens" probably means "its beeping but I can't hear it" :) > > > > If that happens, its because boot0 and the BIOS can't figure out how to > > reach the partition, generally because the geometry is wrong. Try zeroing > > off the front end of the disk, partitioning it with DOS FDISK, then put > > FreeBSD on it. > > I don't like the sound of that. I'll just stick with STABLE until 5.x is > really ready. -STABLE will have the same problem since its in boot0 and the BIOS, not the OS on the partition its trying to boot. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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