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From: rhiggins@earth.execpc.com (Ron Higgins)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Can't Boot frrom Boot Floppy (HELP!)
Date: 3 Jul 1996 13:33:10 -0500
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Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> writes:
>Ron Higgins wrote:
>
>> The problem I am having is that I cannot get the system to boot a FreeBSD
>> boot floppy.
>>
>> What happens is that the system will briefly look at the floppy, as if it
>> boot from there, and then proceed directly to the HD and boot the OS/2
>> boot manager.
>Check your BIOS Setup. I'll bet 6 cookies and a donut that your boot order is
>C, then A or else it is C only. You'll have to change it to A, then C to boot
>from floppy.
Ken,
Thanks for the quick reply (I got one other already). However, I maybe
didn't make this clear. I can boot from the floppy drive with a DOS
floppy, just not with the FreeBSD boot floppy.
The BIOS says that the boot sequence is A,C. So that's right.
Hmmmm...Looks like I'll be getting those cookies and a dounut. :-)
Thanks,
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