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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!newsfeeder.sdsu.edu!sgigate.sgi.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news1.erols.com!newsmaster@erols.com From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Boot Manager Question Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 20:23:56 -0700 Organization: Erols Internet Services Lines: 21 Message-ID: <31CA15CC.2A35@www.play-hookey.com> References: <Pine.SUN.3.93.960620121716.3109A-100000@borah.ebr.anlw.anl.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) To: Charles Mott <jmott@borah.ebr.anlw.anl.gov> Charles Mott wrote: > > I have installed FreeBSD on the second drive of a machine with two IDE > hard disks. The first drive has DOS and Linux on it. I have been using > the Linux loader to load BSD, but now I would like to make the first drive > entirely DOS. How would I correctly install the bsd booteasy manager? > > If you post a response, please also send e-mail. > Boot from the FBSD boot floppy, and use the -c option just to disable peripherals you don't have so as to avoid confusion. Select the Novice install, and specify wd0 as the destination drive. Without changing any of the partition parameters, select the "write configuration now" option. Accept the Boot Mgr option and wait for the next screen. Now remove the boot floppy and reboot. Boot Manager should be working. I hope this helps! Ken