Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 13:25:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Michael Dobrowmilski <fugazi_10@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: got a few questions..... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980518132409.9818N-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <19980514144923.14018.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Thu, 14 May 1998, Michael Dobrowmilski wrote: > i purchased the BSD 2.2.5 cdrom and had a smooth installation it seems. > > i bought a western digital 2.5 HD to hold the Unix because the 4.1 > primary drive ran out of room. i noticed the 2.5 slave drive dosnt > show up in windows anymore, but it is still in tact.... did i make a > mistake in installation?? FreeBSD uses a filesystem type that Windows doesn't know how to read. When you installed FreeBSD you probably overwrote a FAT filesystem there, so it would appear as if the disk has 'disappeared' but in fact it is still there. > and i was hoping to get some advice on re-doing a boot manager. i > think i either put it into the wrong drive, or neglected to install it > properly. at start up when i press f5 for drive 2, and then f1 for > BSD, it has the boot error. That's usually a geometry problem, but Booteasy install instructions are in the FAQ (http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ). Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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