Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 12:10:21 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: pcrowe@neptune.on.ca Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot manager Message-ID: <199603280140.MAA12756@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199603271232.HAA04701@triton.neptune.on.ca> from "Paul Crowe" at Mar 27, 96 07:31:16 am
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Paul Crowe stands accused of saying: > I have been trying to get free bsd to boot from os/2 boot manager. > This has not worked. i was wondering if this is a lack of > understanding boot manager or a bsd thing. I have been able to > install bsd to the disk that I want but I can't get it to boot. Is > there some one that can advice me on what i can do. Without more details of the problem, it's impossible to know what's giving you grief. Some possibles : Have you added FreeBSD to the bootmangler menu? (Use OS/2's fdisk for this). Is the FreeBSD root filesystem on an IDE disk, and beyond the 500M mark? Are you using "Disk Manager" or some other IDE "disk driver" software? > Paul Crowe -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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