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Date:      Sun, 4 Feb 1996 22:41:45 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Sam Magee <smagee@intac.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Installing Freebsd 2.1
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960204224044.3831H-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <v01510101ad3ac44136c7@[199.173.28.133]>

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On Sun, 4 Feb 1996, Sam Magee wrote:

> I'm trying to install Freebsd 2.1 from the Walnut Creek CD onto a DELL 486.
> I install the system onto the second IDE Drive, with the boot-manager
> option.  The install seems to go well, but after rebooting the system, I
> get nowhere (system won't start anything), and I need to load a DOS disk
> and reset my DOS partition to be startable.  Then I get everything back --
> but no BSD.

What do you mean by "reset my DOS partition"?   Some more details (error 
messages, hardware, etc) would be appreciated.

If it involves reboot and/or running "FDISK /MBR" you are removing 
Booteasy before you can use it :)  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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