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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!agate!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.service.uci.edu!bob From: bob@beamlab.ps.uci.edu (bob prohaska) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: missing operating system ????? Date: 28 Jun 1994 04:52:55 GMT Organization: University of California, Irvine Lines: 22 Message-ID: <2uoab7$idn@news.service.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: nemesis.ps.uci.edu Summary: Operating system reported missing, DOS is ok Keywords: boot, SCSI, OS-BS booteasy X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hi all, What would cause my pc to report "missing operating system" on the initial boot from the HD after a seemingly successful install of FreeBSD? DOS can be installed and boots fine, but BootEasy hangs tight when run. OS-BS runs, installs happily, and reports "missing operating system". System parameters are 486dx50, 16M ram, BT445s, Quantum 105s disk, nameless et4000/w32 video on an OPTi 495slc chipset motherboard. WinNT and OS/2 both boot and run from another disk, so the hardware other than the quantum 105 disk seems above suspicion. The disk itself is suspect up to a point, but it passes a low-level format and verify. My object is to set up a dual disk system with FreeBSD on one disk and Windows NT on a second with some sort of boot selector on drive ID 0. If I'm going about it the wrong way please let me know! thanks for reading! bob