Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 22:29:43 +0000 (GMT) From: "Alan J. Flavell" <flavell@a5.ph.gla.ac.uk> To: Eric Hodel <hodeleri@seattleu.edu> Cc: freebsd questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: New installation - some points and a problem Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.05.9901182146550.7853-100000@a5.ph.gla.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <36A38A40.28547212@seattleu.edu>
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On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Eric Hodel wrote: > You want 1:wd(1,a)kernel in order to boot. Oh gosh, how dumb, I misunderstood the counting. > wd0 is your 100MB dos disk, wd1 is > your 408MB FreeBSD disk, and wd2 would be on wdc1 (which you don't have/have > configured.) How true! I still get the "RTC BIOS diagnostic error 17" message on bootup, but now it's flying (having booted from diskette and followed the above prescription). > In regards to the boot setup you need to install the boot manager on both wd0 > and wd1. You'll have to visit the partition editor and set the proper slices > bootable in order to use the boot manager. Well, now I've logged on as root, I've executed /stand/sysinstall, I've gone to the post-configuration option and I've started up the Fdisk thingy and fiddled about. It looks as if with your extra clues I must have hit the right spot: when I boot from hard disk now, LILO has gone, and I'm offered F1: DOS F5: disk 2 If I hit F5, I can boot freebsd. Looks as if I'm flying. Many thanks for your help. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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