Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 01:05:14 +0000 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: Chuck Bacon <crtb@cape.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why does my 8.2-RC3 dvd1 boot DOS? Message-ID: <20110205010514.GA23857@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102041635020.1580@tomato.local> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102041635020.1580@tomato.local>
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On Fri, Feb 04, 2011 at 04:53:15PM -0500, Chuck Bacon wrote: > > I downloaded it yesterday. Here's the facts: > > 1. md5 matches CHECKSUM.MD5 > > 2. When I boot off the BIOS, it takes a half minute or so, and > then: voila! PC-DOS boots, and for all the world look as > though it will boot a larger system; except it doesn't have > a clue. > > Here's the hypothesis: The FreeBSD-8.3-RC3 boot loader doesn't > satisfy my BIOS, and the BIOS looks through the dvd until it finds > one of the DOS boot loaders provided by some fdisk variant. > Any ideas why? > > If nothing else, I'll download disc1. Praps that'll work! > > Many thanks, Your BIOS isn't clever enough to look through the DVD and find an OS (an OS that's not shipped with FreeBSD AFAIK). The PC-DOS bootloader must reside in the boot blocks of your HDD or DVD. Sometimes manufacturers ship PC-DOS on the HDD if the machine comes with "no OS"; maybe that's what you are seeing. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
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