From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 30 12:17:20 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD02A1065679 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:17:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd1@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mail-03.name-services.com (mail-03.name-services.com [69.64.155.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C912C8FC13 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:17:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.0.10.3] ([202.69.172.209]) by mail-03.name-services.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:17:18 -0800 Message-ID: <4B3B44BE.4080209@a1poweruser.com> Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:17:02 +0800 From: Fbsd1 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Roger Agraviador References: <13a413d60912300127l526feb50q4194f42c40098096@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <13a413d60912300127l526feb50q4194f42c40098096@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 Dec 2009 12:17:20.0318 (UTC) FILETIME=[08E34DE0:01CA894A] X-Sender: fbsd1@a1poweruser.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I need help on installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:17:20 -0000 Roger Agraviador wrote: > I found an old pc that I just reformatted the HDD using G parted, now that I > try to boot from a Free BSD CD (7.2 release) the Intel chip gives me an > error message that the system boot failed and asks me to insert a system > disk which I do not have, how do I go about that because I virtually cannot > install any operating system. > > Do I have to install a boot loader like GRUB2? If so How do I go about that? > Since I have found no iso image of GRUB2 to burn into a live cd. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > you have to change your bios boot options to boot from cd instead of the hard drive. after the freebsd install is complete then change it back or if your bios allow a boot order change it to first look at cd drive and then hard drive to boot from