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Subject: Re: System doesn't recognize boot device
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Aaron VanAlstine wrote:
> Iım a newbie who assembled a PC. I successfully loaded FreeBSD 6.0 from CD
> but at the end of install when the system reboots, it goes thru the start-up
> process (the ASUS screen) and finally I get a message saying to use the
> proper boot device or insert boot media and try again. I rechecked the BIOS
> and sure enough, the striped HD is the first boot device. Any ideas? Thank
> you.
>  
> My system consists of:
>  
> ASUS P5LD2 motherboard
> Pentium D 820 2.8 GHz dual-core
> 2 x 512 Corsair 667 DDR2 RAM
> 2 x 80G Western Digital SATA HD configured in RAID 0
> NEC ND-3550A DVD+/-RW
> Antec case
> Targus keyboard
> Belkin 3-button optical mouse
>  
> -- Aaron
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Are you sure you got the partition and slice tables setup properly?