Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 12:29:05 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: "James M. Criner" <ebzd@gdeb.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BootEasy Bootmanager Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970325122724.11845H-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <9703241359.ZM6856@stpaul.caen.gdeb.com>
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On Mon, 24 Mar 1997, James M. Criner wrote: > After many tiring evenings and several nailbiting sessions, I have > successsfully installed FreeBSD while managing to preserve my existing > DOS/WIN95 system. My goal was to have one drive be completely DOS, and the > second drive have a small DOS partition followed by FreeBSD. That way I could > keep the existing system isolated and pass data via the small DOS partition on > the new disk. I have both systems up and running independently (by > plugging/unplugging SCSI cables), but I can't seem to get the boot manager to > allow me to boot from either disk. The BIOS hangs and I get the message "Drive > not ready: Please insert disk into A:". Here's the setup - > > Original HD (DOS Primary) Quantum ProDrive LPS 540 MB - ID 01 > No partitions, no boot manager. If this is the first disk in the system, it must have the boot manager on it. > New HD (Small DOS part, FreeBSD) Seagate ST32550N 2047MB - ID 00 Make sure one of the partitions on this disk is falgged as 'active' in FDISK. > Partitions: > 64MB DOS Primary > 1983MB FreeBSD > / 64MB > /usr 1663MB > swap 256MB > Boot manager installed - allows boot from F1 Dos > F2 BSD > > Is there any way to allow booting from disk 00 BSD, or disk 01 WIN95, and allow > both to read/write to the small DOS partition on disk 00. I want to keep disk > 01 WIN95 isolated as I can't afford to "hose" it (although I wouldn't mind > throwing it out the window). I feel alot more comfortable setting up and > administering FreeBSD than trying to re-install WIN95. WIN95 works OK now, and > as they say... If it ain't broke, don't fix it!!! Booteasy can be tricky. It depends a lot on your setup. OS-BS, another boot manager, is available in tools/ from where you got FreeBSD. If Booteasy isn't working for you myou might try that. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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