Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 16:17:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: "Bart (The Good Guy) Trzynadlowski" <trzy@powernet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fbsd3.1 bootmanager isnt installing during installation procedure Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904261616470.6951-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990424195927.0085b380@powernet.net>
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On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, Bart (The Good Guy) Trzynadlowski wrote: > I've been having quite an ordeal trying to get FreeBSD to install! It > simply will NOT install the boot manager! It asks wether or not i want to > install it on the wd2 after I reserve a spot for FreeBSD. What should I do? > I tried saying yes and then performing the operation on wd0 and ive tried > every combination i could think of but it usually asks me twice. The second > time i MUST choose WD2 otherwise it wont let me mount FBSD partitions on > that drive, it will attempt to use wd0. This is such a hassle, anything I > can do? Any way to make a boot floppy a la RedHat Linux? Can I see your disk layout? Most BIOSen can't boot any disks beyond the first IDE controller or second IDE device. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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