Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 09:55:22 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Dave Schneider <buster@cats.ucsc.edu>, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: A simple question Message-ID: <32E7196A.F7C@barcode.co.il> References: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970122212009.15372B-100000@localhost>
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Doug White wrote: > > On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Dave Schneider wrote: > > > I was wondering if you could solve a problem for me. I'm trying to > > install FreeBSD on my p5 133Mhz. I have two hard drives installed on > > different IDE ports, rather than both on one with one master and the other > > one slave. I would like to set up DOS on one and UNIX on the other using > > the boot manager to choose. After I install UNIX on the 2nd disk, with DOS > > on the first, it boots DOS without asking about UNIX. When I Have it set > > up the other way around, with UNIX as the 1st disk and DOS as the 2nd the > > boot manager comes up but does not have a selection for DOS and both > > choices go to UNIX. What do I need to do? > > Install Booteasy on the first disk. FreeBSD's sysinstall is a bit stupid > when it comes to doing the Right Thing when installing Booteasy -- if you > install on the second disk, that's where it goes. > > Follow these simple instructions: > > 1. copy bootinst.exe and boot.bin off the CDROM or ftp site from /tools > to your hard disk > 2. run bootinst > 3. Reboot and use. > > Hope this helps. This probably will not be enough. You'll need to write the line: 1:wd(2,a)/kernel at the boot prompt to get it to boot. Once you do that, edit your kernel configuration file and change the config line to read: config kernel root on wd2 rebuild the kernel, install it, and be happy! > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Nadav
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