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From: mbandy@superdec.uni.uiuc.edu (Harf)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: FreeBSD installation problem
Date: 2 Oct 1994 21:28:26 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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	I am trying to install FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 on my system.  The problem is,
I need to install it on my second drive, and after a DOS partition.  I copied
the kernel, and booted the FreeBSD partition with bteasy14.zip from simtel.
Anyway, I get a boot prompt resembling the one when I boot floppy.  The
installer said I should boot from wd1a.  But, if I choose anything, the
boot program says, "Bad disklabel", and asks me for another choice.

How can I fix this?

I'll try starting from scratch again, but I doubt it'll help.

	-- Matt Bandy (mbandy@superdec.uni.uiuc.edu)