Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 12:32:50 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Fletch Hasues <Hasues@mtsu.edu> Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Booting Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970325122958.11845I-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <01BC378E.2353A7E0@www.generali-auto.com>
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Please wrap your lines about column 70. Thanks. On Sun, 23 Mar 1997, Fletch Hasues wrote: > I purchased a copy of FreeBSD from you guys. The CD you sent me > doesn't really work as it cannot install all the packages from it. Which version of FreeBSD is this? > However, I got around most of this. Anyway, now my problem is this: I > have 2 hard drives (both 1.2G on the Primary port). The Master is a > Windows95, and the slave is the FreeBSD drive. When I set it up, first > the BootEasy bootloader doesn't work right. Can you please be more specific as to why it doesn't work righ? I need details here, my mindreader isn't currently functioning...:) > Also it can't mount DOS > partitions really well. The reason I think is it keeps stating that > root cluster is not a multiple of the partition it is mounting. OK, this is the danger sign. Don't mount this partition anymore, you run a pretty good risk of destroying it and your BSD partition. If yuou're running 2.1.7.1 you're probably ok. > set them (as to which file.) I can boot to FreeBSD using OSBS2. And > maybe if you really feel compassionate..you can send me a CD that > works..(and newer so the Xf! ! ree86 on the CD supports my Matrox > Millennium. :) Which packages are busted? There is a known bug that will cause odd problems with big pakcages such as xemacs. Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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