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Date:      Thu, 12 Jul 2001 16:21:33 +0100
From:      John Murphy <jfm@blueyonder.co.uk>
To:        Eric Kozowski <eric@routergeeks.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: install problem
Message-ID:  <t7frktgdllog3rosto61bq9h8nuh8tcvod@4ax.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010711225958.C29759@schooner.routergeeks.net>
References:  <20010711125918.A26313@schooner.routergeeks.net> <20010711225958.C29759@schooner.routergeeks.net>

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Eric Kozowski <eric@routergeeks.net> wrote:

>On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 12:59:19PM -0700, Eric Kozowski wrote:
>>=20
>> i'm having problems doing my second freebsd install of the week.
>>=20
>> i got 4.3 installed without any problems (i just did a minimal=20
>> install, set the root password, etc.)
>>=20
>> now, when i rebooted after the install, the system gets to the
>> boot manager (F1 for FreeBSD) and locks up there.  any key
>> pressed generates a beep.
>>=20
>> this system had freebsd 3 on it and worked just fine.  i stripped
>> the system down to just a video card, pci fast ether and pci scsi
>> card.  i've disable most onboard stuff in the bios, except the
>> floppy and one serial port.
>>=20
>> i don't appear to have an irq conflict (though i could be wrong).
>>=20
>> anyone have any ideas?
>
>anyone?=20
>
>i tried reloading again with no luck.  tried all kinds of different=20
>bios settings, too.
>
>it still hangs at the boot manager.

Did you remember to set the slice with the boot partition bootable?

This page explains:
http://people.freebsd.org/~rpratt/43/fd_bootable.html

John.

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