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From: dboynton@clark.net (Dave Boynton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Removing the FreeBsd BootManager
Date: 11 Mar 1996 00:51:02 GMT
Organization: Dave's workshop
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Chris Smith (phadreus@aug.com) wrote:
: I am having one hellova a time with the Boot Manager. I have a two
: disk IDE box. I have set up FreeBSD and the boot manager adout a dozen
: times now so that FreeBSD will boot from the second drive, a 1 gig IDE
: drive. The install allways works... til I reboot my machine,  I have
: the option of F1 for dos or F5 for BSD  I hit F5 and I get  F1 for Dos
: F5 for BSD  ... HELP...  Maybe dumping the old boot manager "or
: Windows 95" will Help??? 
Did you install the boot manager on the second drive, also?   I have this
setup and working, along with Windows 3.1, Win95, and Linux.

Dave