Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 01:04:47 -0500 From: Kenneth Culver <culverk@culverk.student.umd.edu> To: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting 4.2 Problems. Interim solution ? Message-ID: <00121701044700.00735@culverk.student.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <20001216215633.A3711@buffy.local> References: <20001216215633.A3711@buffy.local>
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> I have posted before about my ability to install > 4.2 on my test PC - or more precisely I can install > it but it won't boot. > > It boots fine if I install linux Lilo. > It boots fine if I boot from the install CD > and in the boot selector choose the installed > kernel on the hard disk. > > DD or not DD made no difference. > > Linux,NetBSD,OpenBSD all install without any problem > > My very last effort was to use DOS fdisk, create and format > a partition, rewrite the mbr. > > I reinstalled 4.2 and boot manager. No joy. > I reinstalled 4.2 and said to write a standard MBR. > Bingo. It boots. > > This is not ideal, I really need the boot manager. > Has anybody any clue at all about this ? > > Cliff I've had problems with the boot manager that FreeBSD installs with certai= n=20 kinds of BIOS... Basically just install xfdisk or osbs... (osbs can be fo= und=20 at ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/tools/osbsbeta.exe ) each of them should be installed from DOS or a DOS floppy. Ken To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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