Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 23:35:33 -0800 (PST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: clatter <clatter@crosswinds.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I hope nobody blows a gasket, but... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911162331240.12797-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <383227C7.FC12FC48@crosswinds.net>
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On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, clatter wrote: > I have a technical question in regards to installing FreeBSD. Right > now, i am suffering in this stultified Windows environment and need > help. I've managed to figure out and successfully set up just about > everything with FreeBSD except for one, glaring aspect. I cannot > install the boot manager to my first hard drive, nor can i access the > boot sector using the FreeBSD set up program. The truth is, i have > installed FreeBSD on my second hard drive. Well, i've thus far had to > reinstall at least 15 or more times in the past 3 days because i cannot > get FreeBSD to boot up. I've tried editing the BIOS to boot from my D: > drive (my second drive where FreeBSD is located), but it didn't work > (and that makes life harder for other people using the computer who > don't want to use FreeBSD anyway). I've tried numerous ways, inside the > fdisk/partitioning part of the setup utility to do this as well. The > main problem is, that the boot manager is ineffectual. It does > nothing. I am not able to INSTALL the system on my second drive, then > go back, change the selected drive to my first one, and INSTALL the boot > manager into the boot sector of my first hard drive (where windows, etc. > is located). This is driving me insane and i sincerely hope that some > kind soul out there can help me, and that i will not be abused for > asking this question. The documentation i have read on the matter (in > "The Complete FreeBSD 3" book and in the Website's numerous sections) > haven't helped me one iota. Every one of their suggestions could not be > implemented. So anyway, i'll shutup now, but the long and the short of > it is: Can i go back and install the boot manager into the boot sector > of my first hard drive, (drive C:), after installing FreeBSD on my > second physical drive, (drive D:). And, fyi, the C: drive is the > primary master and the D: drive is the primary slave. I thank anyone > who can help me in this matter. Whoa... put the coffee cup down... There are many solutions to problems that happen when you do this sort of thing (install onto a second disk) however the variations of second disk installs varies greatly. please detail the end result you wish to achieve: 1) freebsd installed on second IDE disk. 2) freebsd installed on first IDE disk. 3) dual boot, DOS/Win on first disk, FreeBSD on second. now, tell us what happens when you try any _single_ one of these, it's pretty hard to fork off into 3 different install options in a single email. choose a goal then tell us the error/problem you get _exactly_. thanks, -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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