From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 4 22:44:02 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA06508 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 4 Feb 1996 22:44:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA06495 for ; Sun, 4 Feb 1996 22:43:59 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id WAA03922; Sun, 4 Feb 1996 22:41:46 -0800 Date: Sun, 4 Feb 1996 22:41:45 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Sam Magee cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Installing Freebsd 2.1 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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