Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 02:07:25 -0500 From: gw@cyber-coupon.com (gary woodward) To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: get installed but will not bootup Message-ID: <9612080207.D20Kk@cyber-coupon.com>
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sorry to bother you, I am trying to install freebsd on my 486-100 with 16 meg ram on a dedicated hard drive (850meg). I only have been successful on the the first attempt to install (that time I lost my password and login-so it was hosed), it was probably luck. On subsequent attempts, I get through the window that says that freebsd is installed and do i want to add users, etc. I then take out the install boot diskett and reboot-nothing happens. I have the proper geometry on the disk installed. 1654/16/63. I boot up with the install floppy but only get the installation window. My question is when I configure my hard drive for (I want to use bootmgr) do I select q for quit or w for write? It seems that I am installing but the machine is unable to find the bootmgr to get to freebsd. I have tried dedication of the entire hard drive to freebsd and also have tried leaving the boot sector intact with freebsd as a partition. The issue is with my drive geometry i am sure. It is a bit frustrating. I am not a weak user. I use the computer for research and developement, hense my need to get into the UNIX frontier. I have already configured my machine for uucp to another host with no trouble. Cobol programming (twenty years ago) was a breeze! And, as you can see by the sig below I have some plans for a freebsd server. thanks gary Cyber-coupon.com (tm) An exciting, cost effective advertising/promotion medium for your DC area business. Send email to <info@cybercoupon.com> for more information.
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