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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!news3.cac.psu.edu!bearcat.ecsel.psu.edu!dshawley From: dshawley@bearcat.ecsel.psu.edu (Dave Shawley) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1.5 Install Date: 25 Dec 1996 17:52:37 GMT Organization: Penn State ECSEL Undergraduate Computer Laboratory Lines: 21 Message-ID: <59rpl5$13ds@r02n01.cac.psu.edu> References: <32B0BABE.41C67EA6@pontocom.com.br> NNTP-Posting-Host: bearcat.ecsel.psu.edu Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33124 In article <32B0BABE.41C67EA6@pontocom.com.br>, Marcelo Manta <manta@pontocom.com.br> wrote: >Hi, >I have just installed FreeBSD on my home computer and it's no booting >from HD. >I must boot from floppy and then switched to HD using hd(0,a)/kernel. >Anyone have suggestions ? >TIA, > >Marcelo Manta When I helped a friend install BSd a few months ago we had the same problem. I think that you have to mark the partition as bootable. To do this, simply boot the kernel (the one on the hard drive) with the ``-c'' option, enter visual mode, and set the kernel partition as bootable. I can't remember the exact key to do it, but it's written on the bottom of the screen somehere. Good luck... - Dave Shawley