From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 10 14: 7:22 2003 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 F0A0E37B401 for ; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 14:07:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from ra.dweebsoft.com (ra.dweebsoft.com [209.237.40.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B48943F93 for ; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 14:07:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from daxbert_news@dweebsoft.com) Received: from daxhome (anubis.dweebsoft.com [64.81.58.36]) by ra.dweebsoft.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with SMTP id h1AM7JR5032451; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 14:07:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from daxbert_news@dweebsoft.com) Message-ID: <066901c2d150$c76ddcd0$0a0aa8c0@dweebsoft.com> From: "Daxbert" To: "Chuck Payne" , References: Subject: Re: FreeBSD Loader Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 14:07:18 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4920.2300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4920.2300 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 > 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 > Here's silly question, why does swap appear as a bootable partition and for that matter it's own slice? How did you partition the drive? # fdisk /dev/da0 should give the partition specs. --daxbert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message