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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