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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!gt-news!cc.gatech.edu!lorenzo From: lorenzo@cc.gatech.edu (Eric Lorenzo) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: FreeBSD Boot Manager difficulties Date: 15 Apr 1996 16:03:49 -0400 Organization: College of Computing, Georgia Tech Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4kua35$aa7@felix.cc.gatech.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: felix.cc.gatech.edu NNTP-Posting-User: lorenzo 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. If anyone can help me with this problem, I would appreciate it. E-mail is preferred - I don't have time to read this group regularly. Thank you, Eric Lorenzo