From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 15 16:04:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id QAA08177 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 16:04:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id QAA08168 for ; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 16:04:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.2/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA07650; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 16:04:06 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 16:04:06 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Tracy Phillips cc: freebsd-install@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help with no bootable partion In-Reply-To: <32DD16F3.63E9@usa.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Tracy Phillips wrote: > I then select q and select my packages and where i want them installed. > Every thing appears to go fine until i try to boot from System Commander > (which i have also used before). I get "No Bootable Partition". > > Now back hat the disk labeler thing should i make the FreeBSD partition > Active by pushing s or will this interfere with my other operating > systems. Sysinstall does get slightly confused when installing to a disk other than the first in the system. What you need to do to fix it is to boot using a DOS boot floppy, run fdisk, and reset the active partition to one on your first disk. > At the Boot selctor options i have tried them all and none seems to > work. If sysinstall wasn't broken, you would have overwritten system commander with this option. :( Definitely set it to "none"! > What is the exact syntax that i need to use to boot from the floopy > dirve? i have tried this but it gives me a syntax wrong or something to > that effect. wd(1,a)/kernel > Also of note to whoever reads this i am starting to mess around with > some HTML and have a FreeBSD Page starting to Brew. It is at: > > http://www.netten.net/~tphilips I'll take a look at it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major