Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 06:02:36 -0400 From: Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm> To: y.patil@attbi.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD 5.1 - Boot manager doesnt install itself Message-ID: <oprvjcum0r0cf2rk@mail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <3F64FC63.8877.59AC7C@localhost> References: <3F64FC63.8877.59AC7C@localhost>
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On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 23:40:19 -0700, <y.patil@attbi.com> wrote: > I have two disks on my machine - the first has WinNT while the second > had linux. I used Lilo > to select which OS I wanted to boot. > > Replacing linux, I installed FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE on the second disk. In > spite of selecting > the Boot manager for installation, it still doesn't seem to install > itself. I still see the Lilo menu at > boot time. > > When selecting the boot manager option during installation, I am asked > on which disk the > operation should be performed on, and it selects ad1 (the second disk) > by default. Using ad1 > as the default suggested choice results in no boot manager prompt after > install completes. If I > select ad0 instead, I get an error message saying "only one fat allowed > as a child of whole". > > Whats the problem here? Thanks in advance > > Yatin If you want to use FreeBSD's boot loader, install it on both disks. Jud
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