Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 00:10:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Madison <root@tippy.cybernetics.net> To: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Okay, I give what's the new secret Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950518235457.118A-100000@tippy.cybernetics.net>
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Hello. I've installed FreeBSD on my own machine and others. I have never had problems with the boot manager not seeing the msdawg drive, until tonight. I'm using the 9504?? SNAP floppies in fix it mode. Fdisk sees the active dos partition - Boot: Yes. So I "W"rite it to the MBR. Then I install the "B"ootmanager. On the BSD disk I label all the partitions as they should and again "W"rite the info. Now when I boot up and want to go to msdoz I press F1, because it is the option to go to doz. After I do that, F? appears. So I press F5 to see if its there and it is. The good thing is that I don't have to type in wd(1,a)...... anymore (good job on that btw). Then I pop the fix it disk back in to see what I have set up. Lo and behold, the dawg disk is marked as not bootable - Boot: No. Being curious I boot up with a doz disk and use its fdisk. ms fdisk says the partition is not active, so I make it active, reboot the doz disk and its still active. Then I boot up with the fix it disk again and it reads that it is active. So I set up everything again and do all the other fix it stuff and reboot. Well the same thing happens, the dawg disk isn't bootable. I've tried many things, except the "right" combination. Reformatted the doz drive and reinstalled doz itself. Is there a bug in the 9504?? SNAP floppies? Or did I forget the correct procedure? I really need to print off a resume off the doz disk (well off the tape backup now:-) ) for today. Thanx ------------------------------------------------------------- cmadison@tippy.cybernetics.net | Cybernetics.net: Were most cmadison@cybernetics.com | of the lusers whine all of cmmadiso@uncc.edu | the time!!(Tm) and now cmadison@metasys.com | *standard disclaimer applies* ------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.cybernetics.net/users/cmadison/homepage.html
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