From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 7 19:15:24 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA01647 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 7 Feb 1996 19:15:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA01623 for ; Wed, 7 Feb 1996 19:15:15 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id TAA00977; Wed, 7 Feb 1996 19:11:38 -0800 Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 19:11:37 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Carl Koster cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot after Installation In-Reply-To: <199602072016.MAA08714@ix4.ix.netcom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 7 Feb 1996, Carl Koster wrote: > My objective is to dedicate the slave srive to FreeBSD and use > the Boot Manager to choose between OSs. Installation of files seems > to proceed without a hitch. However, upon reboot there is an > "ERROR LOADING OS" message. Use a DOS disk and mark your DOS disk as "active". > I have been performing the installation from a DOS partition (primary > drive) using the Walnut Creek CDROM. > > ??? Instead of utilizing a boot manager, is there a way to boot FreeBSD > off of a floppy? Yes; just use your install floppy and type the path to the kernel to the boot: prompt. If fbsd is on your second IDE disk (wd1) just type: wd(1,a)/kernel Substitute sd for wd if you're on SCSI. > ANy comments/suggestions/solutions will be greatly appreciated. Hope this helps. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major