Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 09:52:06 -0700 (PDT) From: bmk@dtr.com To: Vikya@aol.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to boot up FreeBSD after installation on second IDE drive Message-ID: <199510261652.JAA19159@dtr.com> In-Reply-To: <951025191645_54319666@emout05.mail.aol.com> from "Vikya@aol.com" at Oct 25, 95 07:16:47 pm
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> I installed FreeBSD 2.0.5 on my second IDE hard drive. > After I finished installation I did not get any 'F?' prompt to find out what > is the function key for BSD. > I am not able to boot up into FreeBSD off the hard disk. > (My system is: Pentium 60 MHz, 8 MB RAM, 3.5" floppy drive, 540 MB Maxtor IDE > (first drive), 540 MB Conner IDE (second drive: DOS partition 257 MB, FreeBSD > partition 257 MB), CD-ROM IDE, 28.8 Kbps fax/modem.) I beleive that the boot manager got written to your second drive, but not the first. You should run bootinst.exe (from DOS) - it's located in the /tools directory of the CD. It's also somewhere on ftp.freebsd.org. That should fix your problem.
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