Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 12:45:54 +0100 From: Alexander Langer <alex@cichlids.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Boot Manager Problem Message-ID: <19991114124554.F877@cichlids.cichlids.com> In-Reply-To: <19991113210550.35720.qmail@hotmail.com>; from tonysux999@hotmail.com on Sat, Nov 13, 1999 at 04:05:09PM -0500 References: <19991113210550.35720.qmail@hotmail.com>
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--orO6xySwJI16pVnm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thus spake Tonysux =A0 (tonysux999@hotmail.com): > Ok, i installed FreeBSD today, and forgot to install the boot manager. I = figure, i can fix it by reinstalling, but i don't want reinstall because it= would take a long time again. So, how would I install the boot manager by = using a sysinstall or a fixit disk without reinstalling? My book doesn't h= elp and the two IRC EFnet channels arn't helping either.=20 Question is, what do you want? What does boot _now_? Nothing? Windows? Linux? If Nothing, take the FreeBSD Fixit floppy and set the FreeBSD-partition as active, using fdisk. (from Sysinstall) If you have Windows _and_ FreeBSD and you want to decide on bootup, what you'd like to boot, you should take a look at the OSBS Bootmanager (that you have to install from DOS:) ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.4.1/i386/installation/misc/osbsbet= a.exe. It is REALLY nice. Alex --=20 I doubt, therefore I might be.=20 --orO6xySwJI16pVnm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Comment: Requires PGP version 2.6 or later. iQEVAwUBOC6g8bRIIUSeqRcRAQEg/ggAlU9MbK9FCkrtUqTYel/j63NIurUuDub1 2lwtr/mlRp0ZZ9687fsHGF/HuuBo+qH5+WU92sgah0lXFkJ3bb0Qu//cNphAUMO/ QtehUYw68d7PD90kXD0RVWN9WAqIFQj4smoIJT/pglMfW38h9SglH9rj+Sag4utT TON56laj2YYI2O99CKtNDNuu3F4y3CHcwY65j0PLVEIc66wcdDvg+y2qwH9R2eFz 0VEDXWmz+7oY5exgtm0JUpCjXXv6kFMbTE7Z+9nbNfWoHEKyUNsJ00l3qkxNClWV VOlmJgdqeasK/j4xkE4LLhe8VLbh5RlNkrTiSkyvDCDtVYd625WsMQ== =Zo6G -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --orO6xySwJI16pVnm-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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