Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 09:59:17 -0500 (EST) From: Tasos Drosopoulos <drosos@abrdr.dreo.dnd.ca> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Request installation help Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960322092751.113A-100000@pcdrosos.abrdr.dreo.dnd.ca>
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Hello FreeBSD users,
My current setup:
Pentium 90 PC, 128MB RAM
3 hard drives: 1st IDE (400MB) for DOS
2nd EIDE (1.2GB) made a 900 MB FreeBSD partition
3rd SCSI (4.3GB) devoted to Slackware 3 / Linux
3Com3 ethernet card
Linux LILO on the MBR
I've been happily using Linux or the past 2 yrs. A couple of weeks ago
I got my SCSI hard drive and now have space to try out FreeBSD. I
downloaded the minimum requirements (disks and BIN) for the March 4
2.1.0-RELEASE, to try it out. At first I tried to make a partition on the
SCSI drive, but apparently Slackware wanted the > 1GB DOS option enabled
on the Buslogic 956C controller card that I have, while FreeBSD doesn't.
Anyway, I moved all my Slackware stuff on the SCSI drive, made a FreeBSD
partition on my second EIDE drive and installed (I think succesfully) the
minimal distribution. I say I think, because I don't seem to be able to
boot into it!!
My questions:
1. I assume from a response to a previous question that I don't need a
boot floppy. However, the installation bootdisk seems to boot directly
with the default installation kernel. Entering a ? as fast as I can at
the boot prompt to see what, if anything, I should input doesn't seem to
work. What should I input anyway if FreeBSD is on my second hard drive?
2. OK, I went several times through the Novice installation procedure and
asked for installing the default boot manager. From what I understand
I should get a prompt when booting to choose the OS I want. This
doesn't happen. LILO is still there. Do I have to explicitly take it
out? Is it not overwritten?
3. What I want, is to be able to boot DOS, FreeBSD or Linux from a boot
manager, either LILO or the FreeBSD one. Does anyone have such a setup
and can offer me some advice?
4. Finally, from the installation procedure, I should be able to set up
an ethernet connection to install the rest of the FreeBSD packages ( I
think). I install the BIN now from my DOS partition. The options I get
are for serial and parallel port connections. My 3com3 ethernet card
doesn't seem to be recognized. Am I missing any network packages? Or do I
have to use the DOS partition for everything?
Come on guys. Help me out here!
Thanks is advance.
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* Anastasios (Tasos) Drosopoulos *
* phone: (613) 998-2859 / FAX: (613) 990-8906 *
* email: Tasos.Drosopoulos@dreo.dnd.ca *
* URL : http://www.dreo.dnd.ca *
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