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Started by Bothwell Computers
Sun, 18 Jan 1998 00:19
Newbesius Freebsdesius
Author: Bothwell Computers
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 00:19
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 00:19
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Intention: Install freeBSD on dirve e: with DOS remaining on drives c:, d:, f:, and g:. What I've done so far: Using the novice installation via the freeBSD boot disk I have made e: drive my bsd drive. I have (apparently) loaded the bsd kernel into e: drive. This part seems to go allright since the installation takes me all the way through to setting up user accounts etc. Problems: 1. Unable to make the "boot-easy" boot manager work from my first DOS c:. Boot-easy is in fact loaded on c: drive but it never recognizes my bsd e: drive. I.e., whenever I boot up my computer I get the following displayed: F1 ... dos Default: F? Apparently, boot-easy only recognizes my DOS c: drive as a bootable option. If the boot-easy boot manager was working correctly I suspect that it would display something like this: F1 ... dos F2 ... freeBSD Default: F? computer: Compaq XL 466 80486 DX2 66MHz RAM: 16 MB hardrives: c: 52.2 MB IDE d: 538.8 MB IDE e: 328 MB HP SCSI f: 52 MB Quantum SCSI g: 80 MB IBM SCSI floppies: 3.5" com1: 3F8 - 3FF IRQ 4 com2: 2F8 - 2FF IRQ 3 lpt1: 378 -37A IRQ 7 DMA 0 mouse: IRQ12 Thanks Maris
Re: Newbesius Freebsdesius
Author: Berend de Boer
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 16:24
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 16:24
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Bothwell Computers wrote: > 1. Unable to make the "boot-easy" boot manager work from my first DOS c:. > Boot-easy is in fact loaded on c: drive but it never recognizes my bsd e: > drive. Install BootEasy also on your e drive (docs on the cdrom). -- Groetjes, Berend. (-: email: berend@pobox.com
Re: Newbesius Freebsdesius
Author: donoli
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 07:40
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 07:40
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Bothwell Computers wrote in message <34c14c02.0@news.wincom.net>... >Intention: >Install freeBSD on dirve e: with DOS remaining on drives c:, d:, f:, and g:. >What I've done so far: Using the novice installation via the freeBSD boot >disk I have made e: drive my bsd drive. I have (apparently) loaded the bsd >kernel into e: drive. This part seems to go allright since the installation >takes me all the way through to setting up user accounts etc. >Problems: >1. Unable to make the "boot-easy" boot manager work from my first DOS c:. >Boot-easy is in fact loaded on c: drive but it never recognizes my bsd e: >drive. I.e., whenever I boot up my computer I get the following displayed: >F1 ... dos >Default: F? >Apparently, boot-easy only recognizes my DOS c: drive as a bootable option. >If the boot-easy boot manager was working correctly I suspect that it would >display something like this: >F1 ... dos >F2 ... freeBSD >Default: F? > >computer: >Compaq XL 466 >80486 DX2 66MHz >RAM: 16 MB >hardrives: >c: 52.2 MB IDE >d: 538.8 MB IDE >e: 328 MB HP SCSI >f: 52 MB Quantum SCSI >g: 80 MB IBM SCSI >floppies: 3.5" >com1: 3F8 - 3FF IRQ 4 >com2: 2F8 - 2FF IRQ 3 >lpt1: 378 -37A IRQ 7 DMA 0 >mouse: IRQ12 > >Thanks >Maris I tried something like that too with no success. I do know that DOS cannot see any drive w/ unix. If you used walnut creek free bsd then try F5 as the boot command but you were supposed to make a boot floppy first so you can boot from there. You still wnet further than I did. > > > > >
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