Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 10:12:14 -0700 From: dseguira@netcom.com (Dennis Seguirant) To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: HELP! - booting Message-ID: <199605211712.KAA19177@netcom.netcom.com>
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HELP! I just installed Freebsd 2.1 on my Intel 486/33-DX2. I installed without errors from a DOS partition on my second physical IDE drive. The source for the install was on a Primary partition. The instructions said that when I reset the computer Freebsd would boot. Freebsd won't boot. I talked with the support line at Walnut creek CD. They suggested installing a boot manager in the boot sector of my C drive. I remember the installation menu instructions comment which mentioned that "PC-DOS users would almost certainly NOT want to install a boot manager". I would like to boot using the boot manager if the installation of the boot manager will NOT cause problems for my MS-DOS/MS-WINDOWS boot from my C drive. I have the boot floppy I used to enter the installation utility. I have been unable to figure out where to point the boot parameters to for my installation. I have two drives: wd0 and wd1 I have a primary dos partition on the wd1 drive The Freebsd partitions appear in the FDISK-Label utility as: wd1s3a = / wd1s3b = swap wd1s3e = /tmp wd1s3f = /usr Q: Can I safely install a boot manager from Freebsd? Q: How do I boot MY kernel from the boot floppy? (Boot: wd(1,?)/kernel @ ?????? Thanks, Dennis Seguirant e-mail: dseguira@netcom.com tel: (510) 444-0171 x320
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