Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 20:04:48 +0000 From: "Riley J. McIntire" <chaos@mail.tgci.com> To: Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't boot from 2nd drive Message-ID: <199705150333.UAA11186@train.tgci.com>
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> Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 18:41:02 -0800 (AKDT) > From: Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net> > To: chaos@tgci.com > Subject: Re: Can't boot from 2nd drive > On Wed, 14 May 1997, Riley J. McIntire wrote: > > what does DOS95 know about FreeBSD? how can it activate it's partitions? > see my FTP site and read BSDez. it's short, step-by-step and concise. Your 'BSDez' doesn't seem to apply-I've installed, I've installed before. But I've never been able to boot directly from this second scsi disks. > > or else - use sysintall to re-install the MBR - but don't select TRUE > partition entries - even though you'll be warned for not doing so. Again, what do you mean by "TRUE" partition entries? A fbsd slice? Thanks, Riley > > if you have the files on your HD, you should be able to re-install many > times an hour until you get it right - it's really not too difficult - and > i've installed it on a zillion types of equipment. > > > I used the sysinstall program. I did try DOS95 fdisk to activate the > > partitions after the install but this didn't seem to do anything. > > > > I'm not quite clear what you mean by a "True" partition? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Riley > > > > > Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 15:20:27 -0800 (AKDT) > > > From: Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net> > > > To: chaos@tgci.com > > > Subject: Re: Can't boot from 2nd drive > > > > > > > > did you select a TRUE partition entry for you second drive? don't. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sleep: a sign a caffeine deprivation ... http://www.anchorage.net/~un_x > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >
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