From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Jul 12 08:11:07 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B86B9995DE for ; Sun, 12 Jul 2015 08:11:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hans@beastielabs.net) Received: from testsoekris.hotsoft.nl (unknown [IPv6:2001:888:1227:0:200:24ff:fec9:5934]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5A2AE199 for ; Sun, 12 Jul 2015 08:11:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hans@beastielabs.net) Received: from beastie.hotsoft.nl (beastie.hotsoft.nl [IPv6:2001:888:1227:0:219:d1ff:fee8:91eb]) by testsoekris.hotsoft.nl (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id t6C8Asub091203; Sun, 12 Jul 2015 10:10:54 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from hans@beastielabs.net) Message-ID: <55A2210E.6050601@beastielabs.net> Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 10:10:54 +0200 From: Hans Ottevanger User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: reg@dwf.com CC: FreeBSD questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD install. References: <201507120402.t6C427Dg001385@deneb.dwf.com> In-Reply-To: <201507120402.t6C427Dg001385@deneb.dwf.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 08:11:07 -0000 On 07/12/15 06:02, reg@dwf.com wrote: > > OK, Im confused, or not impressed, choose one. > > I have been trying for several months to put PCBSD 10.1 and FreeBSD 10.1 > on one disk. I finally gave up, and am installing FreeBSD over > the top of my previous PCBSD. sigh. > > After several attempts to put FreeBSD in a partition on the disk > I gave up, and let it have the full 500GB disk. Mumph. > > The install seems to go well, I give it an IP address, hostname, > etc, and get down to the point where you reboot. > > I say yes to the reboot, and instead of rebooting from disk, I > get the bios messages (Im using a mbr) that say its trying to > boot from the ethernet. > > I went back and did this a 2nd time, just to be sure, but got > the same result. > It would be nice to know what happens if you disable booting from the network in the BIOS. Also, it might be helpful if you tell us a bit more about the hardware you are using. > What gives? > I dont remember having this sort of problem when I ran FreeBSD > 20 years ago? > I have seen this happening occasionally the past 20 years, often related to specific hardware and not just with FreeBSD. In most cases it could be fixed. > And why isnt the installer smart enough to install to a partition, > every other OS in existence can do that. > Though I have not attempted to multi-boot for ages, I hear about many people still doing this successfully, even from a single disk. FWIW, the issues I hear about when attempting multi-boot are mostly related to boot managers. Could you be more specific about your issues with the installer? Kind regards, Hans Ottevanger Eindhoven, Netherlands www.beastielabs.net