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To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, RichardM@mhsoftware.co.uk
Subject: Re: "missing operating system" after first re-boot
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From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com>
Date: 02 Feb 2002 18:24:40 -0500
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RichardM@mhsoftware.co.uk ("Richard Mace") writes:

> I have tried installing Free BSD 4.5 on a number of occasions, and I keep
> getting "missing operating system" on the first re-boot.
> 
> I must admit that I am mostly a Windows user, so I choose "Auto" for the
> partitioning, which appears to set partitions up correctly, but I just can't
> seem to get it booting after install.
> 
> I have read that the FreeBSD partition has to be set to active, which I did,
> but I keep getting the same message.
> 
> Could someone help me out please?

There's some advice on this in the FAQ.
http://www.uk.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/install.html#MISSING-OS
[or your nearest mirror]

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