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Subject: Re: HELP -- no bootable partitions
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On Fri, 10 Jan 1997, Tracy E. Phillips wrote:

> i just tried to install 2.2 alpha. i tried everything as i normally do i
> comit /dev/wd1 to freebsd so as not to be compatible with other os's.
> 
> the install goes fine then when i select bsd in system commander i get
> 
> no bootable partition

Can you boot it with the boot floppy?

Boot:  wd(1,a)/kernel

I don't know how sensitive System Commander is to geometry, but this could
be the classic geometry problem.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
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