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From: azrael@mozart.postech.ac.kr (Kim Tae Hyoung)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Boot and Mouse problems on new system
Date: 4 Feb 1996 05:31:14 GMT
Organization: POSTECH, Pohang, Korea
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Curt Welch (curt@kcwc.com) wrote:
: I've just started trying to install FreeBSD and have run into some
: problems I haven't yet been able to solve.
: First, I've installed FreeBSD on wd1 (a 1gig disk). wd0 has a
: single partition with Windows 95 on it. I installed it over
: the net (though an ethernet card). The install seemed to go
: fine, but when it was done and I tried to reboot from
: the hard disk - I only got a message that I assume was going
: from by BIOS asking me to inserta bood disk in drive A.
: I had selected the option to have the boot manager installed,
: so I was expecting some type of menu to appear letting me pick
: either Windows 95 or FreeBSD. But it didn't. Should it have?
: Using the FreeBSD boot disk, and typing wd(1,a)/kernel I found
: I could get FreeBSD running. But my previous -c changes were
: not there. Some of the message I had read in the help files
: led me to believe the kernel on that disk should have been
: changed. Doing a -c boot did allow my changes to be installed
: (or whatever it's called) in the kernel (or whereever the info
: is saved).
: To be able to boot Windows 95 again, I booted my floopy Win 95 disk
: and used FDISK to set the Windows 95 partition to be "active". So
: my machine now automatically boots Windows 95, and if I insert the
: FreeBSD boot disk and type the correct info, I can boot FreeBSD.
: Now, what do I need to do to get the boot manager installed and
: working?
: I couldn't find any info on this after reading though lots of "boot"
: related man pages.
This is installation problem.
In installation time, there is a selection part for partition.
If your machine recognize all disk when booting time, you must choose
all recognize disk partition.
Post installation time solution is ... well I don't know.
: I have a Dell Demension XPS P60 systems with a PS/2 mouse port (whatever
: that is?). The input devices I see when I use the -c boot option
: don't seem to cover this type of mouse. Is that so? Do I need to
: build a new kernel? Either way, what options do I need to set in
: the XF86Config file? I see a PS/2 protocol option, but what device
: do I use (There is no /dev/mouse). I don't known much about PC hardware
: but I thought this was a very common type of mouse, yet all I see
: talked about are serial port mice and bus mice. So, could someone
: give me some pointers on what I need to do?
see FAQ.
: And BTW, FreeBSD is great! I've been away from a full BSD system
: with source for way too long! It's just so great having source again!
: It's just not Unix without source.
: Thanks,
: Curt Welch
: curt@kcwc.com
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