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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!garlic.com!news.scruz.net!kithrup.com!news.Stanford.EDU!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!netsys.com!cpk-news-feed2.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.ums.edu!news.umbc.edu!haven.umd.edu!purdue!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.biddeford.com!not-for-mail From: swanton@river.biddeford.com (george p swanton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: minor boot problems Date: 18 Apr 1996 16:38:13 -0400 Organization: Biddeford Internet Corp. Lines: 36 Distribution: usa Message-ID: <4l697l$t16@river.biddeford.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: river.biddeford.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit With probability 1 - epsilon, I screwed up, but if you can help, I'ld appreciate it. When I boot my computer, I get the following: F1 . . . dos [I _know_ but I _have_ to...] F5 . . . disk2 [Seagate Medalist 1080sl 1G scsi w/FreeBsd] Default: F5 F1 . . . BSD [installed from Walnut Creek CD, fdd boot] F5 . . . disk1 [the IDE disk generating above prompts] Default: F1 F1 . . . BSD [hmm, this looks familiar...] F5 . . . disk1 Default: F? [seeming to sense something amiss] I can get to dos/NT be selecting F1 initially but cant boot disk2 If I boot the install floppy and enter sd(0,a)/kernel at the boot prompt, it will boot that kernel successfully. (if the IDE drive is disabled in CMOS, with IDE drive enabled sd1 will attempt to boot drive but mount of '/' fails) This is workable but tedious. Also, after selecting F1 for dos, _another_ boot selection program (from microsoft) prompts to select Dos or NT, again workable but tedious. I'ld like to merge the menu selections from the two succesive boot managers (relatively low priority). Can someone offer assistance with the above? Thanks very much, gps swanton@biddeford.com