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Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 21:05:04 +0200 (IST)
From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To: James Wraalstad <jamesmw@oz.net>
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Subject: Re: Boot manager broken
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On Wed, 25 Dec 1996, James Wraalstad wrote:

> 
> I am trying to install FreeBSD 2.1.6. on my second hard drive.
> 
> There is no other software on the disk.  The installation runs fine but it
> always
> reboots into Windows95.
> 
> Can I use the boot.flp disk to bring up bsd on the second drive or must I
> install
> it on my primary drive?
> 
> Thank you for your kind attention.
> 
> James Wraalstad
> 
You need to install the boot manager into the first disk. To do that either:

1. When installing FreeBSD tell it to install into *both* disks, don't 
creare any partitions on the first one, but tell it to put the boot 
manager on it.

or:

2. Boot DOS (Win95 DOS mode is *not* good enough) and install the boot 
manager. The installation program is in the \tools directory on the CD 
and on the ftp sites and is called something like bootinst.exe if I 
remember correctly :-).

Nadav