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From: dseguira@netcom.com (Dennis Seguirant)
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Subject: HELP! - booting
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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