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From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@ref.tfs.com>
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Subject: Re: latest install adventures
To: jan@bagend.atl.ga.us (Jan Isley)
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 13:16:19 -0700 (PDT)
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In-Reply-To: <m0sIfHn-0006SmC@bagend.atl.ga.us> from "Jan Isley" at Jun 5, 95 12:45:55 pm
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> installing onto *wd1* from a dos partition on *wd0* ... some of
> my problems went away ... I can install after telling it not to
> diddle with the MBR, but it marks the BSD partition bootable and
> unsets the OS/2 BM unbootable... again, BSD is going onto wd1 and
> BM is on wd0 ... should install not do *anything* to wd0 ???  I
> don't care what it does to it's own slice but it should not assume
> anything else about any other slice *or* disk, yes?

So you DO have a FreeBSD slice on the wd0 ?

Try to mark the OS/2 partition active on wd0.

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Just that: dried leaves in boiling water ?