Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 09:27:52 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: gw <gw@cyber-coupon.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bootmanager goes into a loop Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961127092638.5092D-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <9611270012.D22JF@cyber-coupon.com>
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On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, gw wrote: > Got freebsd reinstalled. over existing hosed username and password. Ouch :( > now bootmanager seems to loop over screen. > > f1...dos > f5...disk2 > > default f1 > > > f1disk1 > f2disk2 > > default > > and so forth. > > should I just delete freebsd and start again? Unfortunately, it appears so. Booteasy will do this if the geometry on the second disk is wrong. Try reinstalling, but this time put a small DOS partition on the disk and delete it with sysinstall and put FreeBSD over it. > Where does the boot manager reside? In the boot sector. You can clear it with the DOS command: fdisk /mbr Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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