Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 17:49:12 -0500 From: "Mark S. Reichman" <mark@borg.com> Cc: "Philip J. Welbourn" <phil@furthur.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Uh oh Message-ID: <36ACF4E8.30CACDB2@borg.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901251706170.19224-100000@furthur.com> <36ACF115.3EC6B21A@confusion.net>
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try this... http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/multios/multios.html Laurence Berland wrote: > > That isn't what I've heard, and there's no mention of it on the web site either. > I could be wrong. Can someone confirm/deny this? I'm pretty sure thats not true > since that would mean if you install Win98 you would have to delete and reinstall > it. Again I heard that's not true. Regardless, I'm far past that and I need help > to get it running without destroying more stuff. Does anyone know what I should > do? Should I just reinstall it? Can I have an extended partition for dos? > > Laurence > > "Philip J. Welbourn" wrote: > > > I'm still a newbie on FreeBSD :) > > When I told some of my Unix friends I wanted to put FreeBSD and Win98 on > > my new box. They said you must put BSD in the first partition (F1), then > > insall Win98 on the second. BSD appearently needs to be on cylinder 1. > > Been running fine. > > > > -Phil > > > > On Mon, 25 Jan 1999, Laurence Berland wrote: > > > > > I installed FBSD, sort of. I posted this before, now I'm getting > > > desperate for help. If anyone knows what to do please help!!!! > > > > > > we've installed freebsd. We rebooted the system and the boot manager > > > appeared, prompting us to > > > F1 for ??? (which turned out is what it meant as win98) > > > F2 for FreeBSD > > > > > > We hit f2, and the manager just repeats its window. It does this > > > always, and as of yet we've not been able to get to a BSD prompt at all, > > > > > > or to get it to even begin booting fbsd. We've tried using the > > > installation software to rewrite the boot manager, but it doesn't change > > > > > > anything. I'm completely stumped. Do we need to reinstall FreeBSD? > > > Could it be that the error was because we made a second dos partition > > > with the boot manager also? We deleted the second dos partition to try > > > and fix the problem, but nothing changes. What do I do now? > > > > > > -- > > > Laurence Berland, Stuyvesant HS Debate > > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > > > > > > I wish I knew, I wish I knew > > > what makes me, me, and what makes you, you. > > > It's just another point of view, ooo. > > > A state of mind I'm going through, yes. > > > So what I see is never true, ahhh. > > > -"I wish" Cat Stevens (Yusef Islam) > > > http://stuy.debate.net http://evilfred.home.ml.org yes they're different > > > > > > icq #7434346 aol imer E1101 > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > Laurence Berland, Stuyvesant HS Debate > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > I wish I knew, I wish I knew > what makes me, me, and what makes you, you. > It's just another point of view, ooo. > A state of mind I'm going through, yes. > So what I see is never true, ahhh. > -"I wish" Cat Stevens (Yusef Islam) > http://stuy.debate.net http://evilfred.home.ml.org yes they're different > icq #7434346 aol imer E1101 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- \|/ (@ @) +----------oOO----(_)-----------------+ | Mark S. Reichman | | mark@borg.com | | | | ASCII a stupid question, | | get a stupid ANSI | +----------------------oOO------------+ |__|__| || || ooO Ooo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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