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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!fizban.solace.mh.se!vampire.xinit.se!newsfeed.tip.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!alterdial.uu.net!not-for-mail From: curt@kcwc.com (Curt Welch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Boot and Mouse problems on new system Date: 2 Feb 1996 03:12:30 GMT Organization: KCW Consulting, Vienna, VA Lines: 48 Message-ID: <4erveu$3ec@alterdial.UU.NET> References: <4eri6s$raj@alterdial.UU.NET> Reply-To: curt@kcwc.com (Curt Welch) NNTP-Posting-Host: h2.kcwc.com X-Newsreader: tnews 2.0 I wrote: >I've just started trying to install FreeBSD and have run into some >problems I haven't yet been able to solve. >First, I've installed FreeBSD on wd1 (a 1gig disk). wd0 has a >single partition with Windows 95 on it. I installed it over >the net (though an ethernet card). The install seemed to go >fine, but when it was done and I tried to reboot from >the hard disk - I only got a message that I assume was comming >from my BIOS asking me to insert a boot disk in drive A. >I had selected the option to have the boot manager installed, >so I was expecting some type of menu to appear letting me pick >either Windows 95 or FreeBSD. But it didn't. Should it have? >Using the FreeBSD boot disk, and typing wd(1,a)/kernel I found >I could get FreeBSD running. But my previous -c changes were >not there. Some of the message I had read in the help files >led me to believe the kernel on that disk should have been >changed. Doing a -c boot did allow my changes to be installed >(or whatever it's called) in the kernel (or whereever the info >is saved). >To be able to boot Windows 95 again, I booted my floopy Win 95 disk >and used FDISK to set the Windows 95 partition to be "active". So >my machine now automatically boots Windows 95, and if I insert the >FreeBSD boot disk and type the correct info, I can boot FreeBSD. >Now, what do I need to do to get the boot manager installed and >working? >I couldn't find any info on this after reading though lots of "boot" >related man pages. I still have the above boot problem, but: >My second problem has been trying to get my mouse working with XFree86. >I have a Dell Demension XPS P60 systems with a PS/2 mouse port ... I figured this out. I found the psm driver in the kernel, and then later (after shuting down FreeBSD, booting Windows 95, to use Netscape) found the the discusion of this problem in the FAQ - i.e., yes I had to build a new kernel... But, I still haven't found anything on my boot problem, so if anyone could shed some light, I'd appreceated it. Thanks, curt@kcwc.com