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#! rnews 1525 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.roundabout.org!news.demon.co.uk!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!mallard.demon.co.uk!mike From: Mike Zanker <mike@mallard.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: demon.tech.unix,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Booting FreeBSD from 2nd drive Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 23:58:01 +0100 Organization: Mallard Independent Internet Host, Milton Keynes, UK Lines: 24 Distribution: world Message-ID: <$LCkuCA5lfXwEwXV@mallard.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: mallard.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: mallard.demon.co.uk MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: Turnpike Version 1.08 <CtSjQUnAOHS2FJEdh4MR5i6FIy> I've just installed FreeBSD 2.1 SNAP on the 2nd IDE drive of my 486. (I've got Windows 95 on my first IDE drive.) However, I cannot get FreeBSD to boot from the 2nd drive. I've tried re- installing about 5 or 6 times now and specifically told the installation routine to install the Boot Manager but it simply won't. Now the silly thing is that FreeBSD 2.0 boots just fine from the second drive, so I installed the boot manager using the FreeBSD 2.0 boot floppy. I now get the usual choice of F1 for DOS or F5 for disk 2. Whichever I choose, it always boots Windows 95! I shall be eternally grateful to anyone who can offer any suggestions on how to get it boot with having to use the floppy and entering wd(1,a)/kernel every time! Thanks, Mike -- Mike Zanker, Milton Keynes, UK PGP public key available