From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 8 01:26:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA24704 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 8 Apr 1997 01:26:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA24695 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 1997 01:26:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.8.5/8.6.12) id LAA23607; Tue, 8 Apr 1997 11:25:16 +0300 (IDT) X-Authentication-Warning: gatekeeper.barcode.co.il: smap set sender to using -f Received: from localhost.barcode.co.il(127.0.0.1) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il via smap (V1.3) id sma023601; Tue Apr 8 11:24:55 1997 Message-ID: <334A00C3.27@barcode.co.il> Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 11:24:35 +0300 From: Nadav Eiron X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4m) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot Question References: <199704072205.SAA12304@bsd1.nyct.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Mike wrote: > > Hi i have a question for you about installing FreeBSD.. > i got freebsd 2.1.7 a few weeks ago and i started to install it today and im having > a problem.i have 2 hard drives on my computer on one there is win95 and i want to > install freebsd on the other.i have installed freebsd but when i try to get into it > it just keeps going into windows 95.if you could tell me what i am doing wrong that > would be a big help..thanks alot > Mike You are missing a boot manager. You have many choices there, but the most basic one that comes with FreeBSD is called BootEasy, and can be installed in the following way: 1. Boot *real* DOS (win95 DOS mode might not work). 2. Run the bootinst.exe utility from the tools directory on the CD/ftp site. 3. reboot Nadav