Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 19:30:39 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: tkelley@cy.com, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Another Failed to boot problem Message-ID: <199601160900.TAA28672@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960115225258.571A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> from "Doug White" at Jan 15, 96 10:54:38 pm
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Doug White stands accused of saying: > > However, when I reboot my PC, I get the prompt from the boot manager to > > press F1 for DOS, or F5 for Disk 2. F1 boots DOS with no problems. However, > > F5 just causes the boot manager prompt to be redisplayed. In other words, I > > can't boot the installed FreeBSD. > > AFAIK, the boot manager seems to balk at starting freebsd from a second > disk. It never worked for me. When I installed OS/2 I install it's Boot > Manager and that works quite nicely. Works here just fine. Some questions : - When you hit F5 the first time and get the bootmanager menu again, do you have the default value listed as 'F?' (ie. with the ? mark?) - Is there a partition marked as 'active' on the second disk? If there isn't (ie. you forgot to mark it active in the installer) then you won't be able to boot it easily. The OS-BS bootmanager (also on the CDrom) will overcome this, and works very well. > Doug White | University of Oregon -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[
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