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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!axposf.pa.dec.com!cyouse From: cyouse@axposf.pa.dec.com (Charles E. Youse) Subject: MBR problems :( Message-ID: <D2IGFx.H8z@serval.net.wsu.edu> Sender: news@serval.net.wsu.edu (News) Organization: Washington State University X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 18:23:57 GMT Lines: 18 I feel like a dolt. Anyway, i'm a recent FreeBSD convert, I just got the 2.0 release and (after just littl edifficulty) got it up and running. The problem is, I don't understand the loader installed on the MBR. I can boot from the distribution boot floppy, and tell it to boot device wd(0,a), but that's a pain in the butt. The MBR on the hard drive boots up and says... f1. FreeBSD Default: F? Which seems to make sense, but no matter what I press, or do, the system just repeats and repeats the prompt. What am I missing here? For the most part (and not to start a flame war) I'm impressed. This is coming from a guy who's been with Linux since 0.98. . . :)