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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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