Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 08:30:11 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: cjclark@home.com Cc: Kevin McCarty <kmc@best.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot to FreeBSD 3.1 on wd1 from NTLDR on wd0? Message-ID: <371C2D03.2F78A72A@uk.radan.com> References: <199904200228.WAA28875@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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"Crist J. Clark" wrote: > > Kevin McCarty wrote, > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 3.1 RELEASE from CD onto a second hard > > disk in a Dell Optiplex GXi, and I'm having trouble with the boot > > sequence. > > Just a shot in the dark, but have a look at, > > http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ49.html > This FAQ will tell you that FreeBSD must be on the *same* disk as NT for you to use NTLDR. The reason? because the first sector of the FreeBSD slice that you dd(1) into C:\RWD1S1A.BSD on C:\ only contains slice (DOS:partition) info, not the disk info. This is why you get a boot error, NTLDR is trying to find the partition described in C:\RWD1S1A.BSD on the first disk. I have NT and FreeBSD on my system (2 HDs) and to get round the problem I have a small FreeBSD slice on my first HD (/, /var, and swap) and all 4.5GB of the second disk is for /usr. The minimum you need is to have ``/'' on the first HD (~32MB). HTH > Other than that, there is too much NT in there for me to really know > what is going on. > -- > Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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