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From: John Fenwick <fenwick@hposl03.cup.hp.com>
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Subject: FreeBSD 2.1 Install questions/difficulties
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Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 10:35:09 PST
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Hello,

I have been trying to install FreeBSD 2.1 and am experiencing a few
difficulties.  I have been installing from the CD-ROM, trying a
"Novice" installation.  The system HW looks like this:

	- Pentium CPU
	- DTC PCI SCSI controller
	- SCSI CD-ROM
	- Disk at addr. 0: 1.2 GB used only for Win95 and WinNT
	- Disk at addr. 1: 400 MB on which to install FreeBSD

First attempt: while booted from DOS, install to disk at address 1.
This resulted in a non-booting disk at address 0, on which I had to
re-install the DOS boot sectors.

Second attempt: Disconnect disk at address 0, boot from DOS floppy and 
install at CD-ROM.  This installed correctly. However, when I re-connect 
the DOS disk at address 0 and try to boot from the FreeBSD boot floppy
created as part of the installation process, the system continually 
reboots as soon as it reads from the FreeBSD boot floppy.

These questions occur to me:

Can I create a boot floppy that will go directly to the FreeBSD disk
at address 1, or will give me a prompt to type in the path to the disk
at address 1? (would solve problem #2 above)

Can FBSDBOOT.EXE be used to specify a boot path to a second disk,
or must it only be used to boot from another partition on the same disk? 

Thank you in advance for any pointers.

 - John Fenwick