From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 16 01:55:40 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id BAA00736 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 01:55:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [192.216.222.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA00719 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 01:55:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id AAA23445 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 00:57:53 -0800 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id TAA28672; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 19:30:39 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199601160900.TAA28672@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Another Failed to boot problem To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 19:30:39 +1030 (CST) Cc: tkelley@cy.com, questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Doug White" at Jan 15, 96 10:54:38 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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." [[