From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 2 13:58:39 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA22536 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 13:58:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA22531 for ; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 13:58:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA25793; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 13:58:23 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 13:58:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Reed Lai cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help! Cannot use F1 at BootManager In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970928143021.00a99fa8@ms4.hinet.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 28 Sep 1997, Reed Lai wrote: > I install FreeBSD 2.2.1 into my 486-66 w/2 hard disks without trouble. > Then I > reboot system after the installation is completed. The BootManager displays > follow message: > F1 ... BSD > F5 ... disk2 > Default: F? > I enter F1, but BootManager always echoes "F?". I try keys F2 to F5, they > are no > problem. However, I can use F1 in installation period, but I cannot use it > at > BootManager. Is there something wrong in KeyMap? I re-install 6 times, even > select a different KeyMap, but BootManager always echoes F? for F1. How can I > fix this problem? At this point the keymap hasn't been installed yet. The problem usually lies with improper geometry on the install disk. To fix this: 1. Use DOS Fdisk and delete the partition. Create a small DOS primary partition on the same disk. 2. Install FreeBSD, removing the DOS partition you created in the fdisk editor in Install. 3. booteasy should work once you get done. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major