Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 19:43:23 -0500 (CDT) From: Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com> To: kline@thought.org Cc: fpawlak@execpc.com, kline@thought.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, bleach@bellsouth.net Subject: Re[2]: dual booting on the IWILL P55XUB Message-ID: <199804060043.TAA00418@darkstar.connect.com> In-Reply-To: <199804060049.RAA19801@tao.thought.org>
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Sigh!! Damn!! Guess that obviates any more work on this on my part. Sorry for the bad advice. Regards, Frank Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: > According to Frank Pawlak: > > On Apr 3, 10:44am, Gary Kline wrote: > > > Subject: dual booting on the IWILL P55XUB > > > > > > After last night, I'm beginning to think that to get > > > both Debian and FreeBSD booting _without changing the > > > Adaptec BIOS settings on my IWILL P55XUB_ is going to be > > > impossible. > > > > > > > Gary, > > > > Try this as root using a DOS boot disk with fdisk on it. Boot from > the DOS > > disk and run fdisk /MBR. This will clear the MBR of LILO. Then try > to install > > booteasy from the CDROM. Boot Linux from the boot floppy and > install LILO on > > the Linux root partition and make the Linux root partition bootable. > This > > should make the Linux partition visable to boot easy. > > > > Will have a closer look at this later. > > > > Hi Folks, > > Around noon I trashed LILO (after getting to the `LIL-' stage). > Then an ex-doshead-freebsd-fellow stopped over to help me get > booteasy working. Yeah, we did exactly what you were thinking > of, Frank: `fdisk \MBR' and add booteasy. Wound up hosing my > system all the more. > > ((Suggest that BootEasy be somewhere in /usr/src or /usr/bin, > guys. *Hint, hint.* It was a bear to find and install and > it evidently was done incorrecly.)) > > The problem(s), whatever they were, made me realize that life > is too short. At this writing, 2.2.5 is reinstalling on all > 3 SCSI drives. So my 6x86 box with ~10G of disk is going to > be a hell of a machine. > > This fall I'm going to add drives to _this_ P90 box. Then I'll > be looking to copy whoever has an all-SCSI system and FBSD and > Debian. > > cheers! > > gary > > > > > > > > > -- > Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service > uNix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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