From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 19 15:38:16 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C5A037B400 for ; Mon, 19 Aug 2002 15:38:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (bgm-24-24-79-198.stny.rr.com [24.24.79.198]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D81643E6E for ; Mon, 19 Aug 2002 15:38:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from syborg@stny.rr.com) Received: by janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (Postfix, from userid 507) id 162D84FC8A; Mon, 19 Aug 2002 18:36:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10C834A0D; Mon, 19 Aug 2002 18:36:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 18:36:00 -0400 (EDT) From: John Bleichert X-X-Sender: syborg@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org Reply-To: John Bleichert To: Linux Pquter Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bootloader at install time In-Reply-To: <20020819222830.585.qmail@web14906.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Linux Pquter wrote: > Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 15:28:30 -0700 (PDT) > From: Linux Pquter > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: bootloader at install time > > I tried that once. Upon reboot, it said > > Missing operating system > Perhaps you're forgetting to set the BSD slice as 'active' during the install? Boot off the CD and run the fdisk tool that is part of the installer. I think all you need to do is set the BSD slice to 'bootable' or 'active' and it will boot. Just an idea - I'm not in front of my BSD box at the moment. HTH - JB > --- Beech Rintoul wrote: > > On Monday 19 August 2002 01:45 pm, Linux Pquter > > wrote: > > > Hello list, > > > > > > I installed version 4.6 about three times in a > > row, > > > missing how to get the bootloader to work. When I > > > reboot after install, I get a F1 and F5 prompt, > > with > > > nothing happening. > > > > > > I chose the first option, to install the bsd boot > > > loader, and I allocated the entire drive to bsd, > > with > > > automation partitioning. I haven't a clue what I > > keep > > > doing wrong. > > > > > > Help please, > > > -wet behind my BSD ears. > > > > > Choose the standard (no boot loader) option if your > > whole disc is partitioned > > for FreeBSD. Also you might want to increase the > > size of / and /var, I found > > the auto setting partitioned these too small to be > > practical. The handbook is > > your friend on a first time install. > > > > Beech > > > > -- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Beech Rintoul - SysAdmin - akbeech@sinbad.net > > /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Sinbad Network > > Communications > > \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 3101 Penland Parkway > > #K-38 > > X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK > > 99508-1957 > > / \ > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > http://www.hotjobs.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > /* * John Bleichert * syborg@stny.rr.com * http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message