From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 10 15:54:49 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA16999 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 10 Apr 1996 15:54:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA16994 for ; Wed, 10 Apr 1996 15:54:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id QAA29761; Wed, 10 Apr 1996 16:34:37 -0700 Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 16:34:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: The Gifted One cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 9 Apr 1996, The Gifted One wrote: > Ok, i downloaded the Bin, ManPages, Packages, Compat2x > ,floppies, and tools directories. i want freebsd on the > slave drive. Everytime i install it, the boot manager > messes up on boot telling me "Error loading operating > system". I read in the faq, that i had something messed > for the geometries. i have tried it with 3-4 different > geometries. Pfdisk, system setup, letting freebsd figure > it out, and choosing "A" at the partition menu. None of > them worked. So i tried using the osboot thing in the > tools directory. i did it with boot.bin, but it didnt > do anything when i rebooted. Id appreciate any > comments on what im doing wrong. Did you try making a small DOS partition on the disk, then installing, deleting the DOS partition in the process? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major