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Subject: Re: Probelems Installing FreeBSD via FTP
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On Tue, 28 Jan 1997, Reed Reavis wrote:

> I have tried installing freeBSD vis ftp on a Gateway 2000 P5 166.
> 
> The installation completes normally.
> 
> However, when I reboot the machine without the floppy image disk.
>
> The machine comes up with 
> 
> F1....BSD

The geometry is wrong.

Are there two bootable partitions on this disk?  If not, boot a DOS floppy
and run 'fdisk /mbr' and don't even bother with Booteasy.

If there is, you'll need to start over, this time making a small DOS
partition and erasing it in FreeBSD's install.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major