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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: How 2 install BootManager? Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!chippy.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!uunet!in3.uu.net!192.109.159.3!news.gtn.com!news.xenologics.com!semyam.dinoco.de!news From: seggers@semyam.dinoco.de (Stefan Eggers) Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 20:45:09 +0200 Message-ID: <230597c2045@semyam.dinoco.de> Lines: 26 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41429 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. -- Stefan Eggers Lu4 yao2 zhi1 ma3 li4, Max-Slevogt-Str. 1 ri4 jiu3 jian4 ren2 xin1. 51109 Koeln Federal Republic of Germany