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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!iol!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!jraynard.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: can't start FreeBSD with Bootmanager from os/2 Date: 27 May 1996 01:18:59 -0000 Organization: A FreeBSD Box Lines: 33 Message-ID: <4oavu3$u9@jraynard.demon.co.uk> References: <69$YHG-sLqB@speedy.ruhr.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: jraynard.demon.co.uk In article <69$YHG-sLqB@speedy.ruhr.de>, Daniel Ingmar Heuer <Daniel@speedy.ruhr.de> wrote: > >I can't boot from my IDE-HDD the FreeBSD-system, because I must switch off >the switch in the Adaptec 2940 Bios dos>1GB. So my Bootmanager can't find the >FreeBSD partition, because it is higher than 1GB. > >I start my FreeBSD at this time, if I switch im my Bios the IDE-HDD off and >start FreeBSD. If I will back to DOS I start DOS with a Startdisk and reset >the Bootflag, then I boot new and can play with DOS. > >This is not great :-(( > >Have anywhere an idea to help me ? Yes, get rid of all that rubbish and dedicate your PC to FreeBSD 8-) Seriously though, I have a mixed IDE/SCSI setup as well and just boot from the FreeBSD installation floppy - at the boot prompt, type boot: hd(1,a)/kernel This is with the SCSI disk dedicated to FreeBSD, but I think it should work with a "mixed" disk as well. If you're feeling adventurous, you might think about installing fbsdboot or osbs in place of the OS/2 boot manager. (I haven't tried either of these myself). -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland jraynard@dial.pipex.com james@jraynard.demon.co.uk