From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 29 9:54:41 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net (gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.121.85]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BAC837B424 for ; Tue, 29 May 2001 09:54:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ipthomas_77@yahoo.com) Received: from scarlet.my.domain (1Cust43.tnt3.buffalo.ny.da.uu.net [63.20.91.43]) by gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net (EL-8_9_3_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA09554; Tue, 29 May 2001 09:54:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from ipt@localhost) by scarlet.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA05947; Tue, 29 May 2001 12:53:51 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from ipt) From: User Ipt Ian Patrick Thomas Message-Id: <200105291653.MAA05947@scarlet.my.domain> Subject: Re: (no subject) In-Reply-To: <33.15917dec.28414aff@aol.com> from "tatkhu@aol.com" at "May 26, 2001 02:07:59 pm" To: tatkhu@aol.com Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 12:53:50 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Operating-System: FreeBSD X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL54 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG What is the wrong message? Windows is first on the disk and FreeBSD is second right? Did you install FreeBSD before the first 1024 cylinders? Run fdisk in DOS or in FreeBSD with no arguments to see. I'm assuming you installed the FreeBSD bootloader. If you can no longer get into Windows you will need to boot from a DOS boot disk and run fdisk /mbr. This will allow you back into Windows. You can use your CD-ROM to get into FreeBSD. Hopefully we can fix the problem so you can dual boot. As far as what to install. Choose developer with X and all the sources. There is a Java package for FreeBSD but it is 1.1.8. There is a beta port for 1.2.2 out now. I have used the 1.1.8 package with alot of success, but I am still working on installing the 1.2 beta. C and C++ compilers and tools will be in with everything else. Ian As told by, tatkhu@aol.com > HI, Mr Thomas. > I figure out how to begin my instalation in DOS. I even get ti that part > there I set all BSD features. My questions is: > 1) after I complite instalation and I want to reboot Windows which I saved on > the floopy, how can I do it? Because after compliting the installation, this > is what I have on the screen: > F1 Windows > F2 FreeBSD > Default F1 > I cannot move cursor anywhere and , if I press F1, I getting some wrong > message. > 2) In that part of installation where I' ve got to choose how I want to use > FreeBSD,if I want to use it just to programm in C,C++,Java, Unix, what do I > have to choose? Because there is a lot of different staff, and I quit lost in > all of them. > Tatyana. -- Have blue screens given you the blues, go to www.freebsd.org for the cure. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message