Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 11:29:54 -0500 From: "Kendall Schmidt" <kschmidt@mpd.tandem.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: SNAP-950412 Message-ID: <9505041129.ZM2112@hottub>
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I am trying to get SNAP-950412 up on a Gateway 4DX2V66 system. System
configurations is:
12MB RAM
340MB Western Digital Caviar HD (disk 1)
730MB Western Digital Caviar HD (disk 2)
DOS 6.22
WFW 3.11
I have the following DOS partitions (slices) defined:
C: 340MB (entire disk1)
D: 348MB (half of disk 2)
I have partitioned the remaining half of disk 2 for FreeBSD as follows:
a 20MB 4.2BSD /
b 28MB swap
c 348MB unused <Entire FreeBSD slice>
d 695MB unused <Entire Disk>
e 200MB 4.2BSD /usr
f 100MB 4.2BSD /usr2
g unused
h 340MB MSDOS /dos
I have written the (B)oot Manager to disk 1 (as described on the TROUBLE
SHOOTING doc) so I can boot from disk2 (using wd(1,a)/kernel command).
PROBLEM:
When I boot the system, I get the following prompt:
F1 - dos
F5 - disk 2
If I press "F5", then get the following prompt:
F1 - dos
F2 - BSD
F5 - disk 1
If I press "F2", the system hits on one of the disks (which one I don't know)
then displays the first prompt again:
F1 - dos
F5 - disk 2
I am stuck between these 2 prompt until I finally press F1 and go to DOS.
QUESTION(s):
1) What can I do to get BSD to boot at this point?
2) How can the Boot Manager be removed non-destructively from disk 1 (my C:
drive allocated to DOS only)? If so, how?
3) Does a "MSDOS" type partition have to be defined as the last ("h")
partition?
By default it came up as the "e" partition when I first installed FreeBSD. I
subsequently (D)eleted, (I)mported as partition "h".
4) Are you aware that doing a (W)rite _after_ (A)ssigning partition types will
lock-up the installation process? (Have to ctrl-c to break out) Possible
install bug?
Thanks in advance.
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Kendall Schmidt kschmidt@isd.tandem.com
Tandem Computers, Inc. 512.432.8524
Integrity Systems Division 512.432.8037 (FAX)
14231 Tandem Blvd., Austin, TX 78728-6699
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