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From: ap713@yfn.ysu.edu (Christopher L. Mikkelson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs,comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: [FreeBSD-1.0R]: Missing operating system
Date: 4 Jan 1994 19:17:04 GMT
Organization: Youngstown State/Youngstown Free-Net
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	FreeBSD looks like a great operating system, and a friend and
I have tried to install it.  The same thing happened on both of our
systems.

    System setups: 386/486 systems with Adaptec 1542 and SCSI disks
                 His: AMI BIOS / 386
		 Mine: Phoenix BIOS / 486
    
    Before:
		 His: DOS on 1st partition, Linux on 2nd w/LILO
		         2nd partition was active, so he would
			 get LILO every boot.
		 Mine: DOS on 1st partition Linux on 2nd w/LILO
			 1st partition had LILO on its bood sector,
			 and was active, so I got LILO every boot.

    We installed FreeBSD on 2nd partitions of both, deleting Linux 
    partitions.  We used FreeBSD defaults after verifying that they
    were true, or at least possible :-)  No errors during kernel copy,
    and we made sure we copied it to the right partition.

    After:
		 Both of us: DOS on 1st partition, BIOS "Missing operating
		     	 system" error whenever we try to boot off
			 2nd partition with FreeBSD.

		 Both of us: HELP! what do we do?

       Any help would be appreciated.
					Thanks in advance,
					   Chris Mikkelson
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