Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 17:01:02 -0500 From: "Chuck Payne" <payne@magidesign.com> To: "Daxbert" <daxbert_news@dweebsoft.com>, "Chuck Payne" <payne@magidesign.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FreeBSD Loader Message-ID: <IKECJDAONNBLLDNIHIABEEPNDBAA.payne@magidesign.com> In-Reply-To: <060301c2d148$cec28420$0a0aa8c0@dweebsoft.com>
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I did that. The bootloader comes up but it gives this error... FreeBSD/i386 boot Default: 0:da(0,a)F1 boot: It does show the two slices that I created F1 FreeBSD F2 FreeBSD The root is on F2, F1 is the FreeBSD Swap. I hope that, Thanks, Chuck Payne -----Original Message----- From: Daxbert [mailto:daxbert_news@dweebsoft.com] Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 4:10 PM To: Chuck Payne; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Loader > I am trying to install FreeBSD 5.0, but everytime I install it and reboot > the FreeBSD bootloader won't boot FreeBSD, is there a trick that I need to > know to get this working? What do I need to read or do? > > > Chuck Payne I've had this problem occur when I forget to set the partition as bootable/active during the "fdisk" portion of the install. You need to mark the partition as bootable (aka active) as well as install a bootloader to the MBR --daxbert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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