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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!newsfeed.ACO.net!Austria.EU.net!EU.net!gatech!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.ultranet.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!symiserver.symantec.com!news.central.com!news From: tedm%toybox@agora.rdrop.com Subject: Re: Disklabel can't write to sd0? X-Newsreader: IBM RN 3.8d (OS/2 2.0) bugfixed by mittelst@fh-ulm.de Sender: news@news.central.com (Usenet Netnews) Organization: Peter Norton Group, Symantec Corp. Beaverton Message-ID: <DCB54n.LqG@news.central.com> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 04:06:47 GMT Lines: 23 In <3v0r76$qqu@cronkite.cisco.com> jwampler@cisco.com (Jim Wampler) writes: | Hi, | | I named my machine ecstasy, but I may have to change it to agony! :-) | | This is yet another appeal for FreeBSD installation advice. | [description of problem deleted] Hi, I run OS/2 and BSD on a separate machine. Based on your comments, I am theorizing that your boot disk in BIOS is the C: drive, which then boots into OS/2's Boot Manager. I believe this is your trouble. OS/2's Boot Manager can only transfer control to boot sectors on drive C: and D:, because these are the only 2 disks recognized by BIOS. This is the Motherboard BIOS, not whatever BIOS is added by your SCSI adapter. I would suggest you try installation on drive D: (after backing up your drive) to verify you can install the OS on your hardware.