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From: isoft@pacbell.net (Rick Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Can you install FreeBSD on a second hard drive?
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 10:40:50 GMT
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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I have FreeBSD 2.1, 2 CD ROM set, and trying to install on second hard
drive. Installs fine but cannot boot. I'm using System Commander as a
boot manager which adds BSD as a menu item after installing FreeBSD
but when I try to boot the system hangs. I tried Booteasy, standard,
and leave boot alone options. All hangs when I try to boot. After
reading through this news group it seems you can install FreeBSD on a
second hard drive. My first hard drive is full and cannot spare a
byte. 

Can somebody quickly tell me if I can install FreeBSD on my second
hard drive and if so what do I need to do? If not I would like to try
LINUX which seems to work fine on any drive on any partition.

Thank you