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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: How 2 install BootManager? 
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From: seggers@semyam.dinoco.de (Stefan Eggers)
Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 20:45:09 +0200
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Hi!

Today I tried to install FreeBSD 2.1.7 on a system with two harddisks.
First one was the old harddisk with Windows 95 and the second the new
one reserved for FreeBSD (with Linux emulation) or Linux.

From a previous attempt to install Linux the MBR contained LILO.  So far
no problem I thought.  Installing FreeBSD should replace it by his own
boot manager.  And after creating the slices and partitions it asked if I
wanted to have a boot manager, put the standard MBR in this place or
just leave it alone.

Either I made a stupid mistake (if so just tell me) or choosing the BSD
boot manager as I did didn't install it on the first harddisk.  At least
LILO is still there.  Is there a way to install the boot manager alone?
Or how can I install it afterwards?

If it matters:  This was installing with the installation source on a
dos partition as BSD didn't like the NEC CDR 272.  :-(

Stefan.
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