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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!mel.dit.csiro.au!carlton.acci.COM.AU!simonw From: simonw@acci.COM.AU (Simon Wail) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD Boot Manager difficulties Date: 16 Apr 96 04:08:55 GMT Organization: Australian Computing and Communications Institute Lines: 29 Message-ID: <simonw.829627735@carlton.acci.COM.AU> References: <4kua35$aa7@felix.cc.gatech.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: koonya.acci.com.au X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #6 (NOV) lorenzo@cc.gatech.edu (Eric Lorenzo) writes: >A couple of days ago I installed FreeBSD on my machine, and since then >have been unable to boot DOS from my HD. I have two IDE HDs, the first >one 407M, and the second one 243M. The first contained my root Linux >partition, while the second contained a Linux swap partition and a DOS >partition. Using Lilo, I could boot from my DOS partition using Lilo. >I installed FreeBSD onto my first disk, replacing Linux. I also >installed BootMgr. Now when the boot manager runs, I select "second >disk" and then dos. Then I get a "Non-system disk or disk error. >Replace and strike any key when ready." message. If I strike a key, I >get the BootMgr menu for the first disk again. I have a similar but slightly different problem. I have two IDE disks, the first with a 480MB DOS partition and a 550MB FreeBSD partition. The second disk is a bootable OS/2 disk. When I startup the FreeBSD bootmgr gives me 3 options - F1 for dos, F2 for BSD and F5 for second disk. F1 and F2 work correctly, but if I select F5, dos from the first disk is booted. Is there any way to boot the second disk so I can access OS/2. Thanks, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Dr. Simon Wail, | Australian Computing and Comms. Institute | | 723 Swanston St., Carlton, | Internet: simonw@acci.COM.AU | | Victoria, AUSTRALIA. 3053. | (TEL) +61 3 9282 2549 (FAX) +61 3 9282 2501| |============================================================================| | "The Truth is out there... Time is an illusion, lunch-time doubly so" | | Chris Carter Douglas Adams | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------