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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in1.uu.net!128.230.129.106!news.maxwell.syr.edu!ix.netcom.com!mvh From: mvh@netcom.com (Michael Harding) Subject: Re: Can you install FreeBSD on a second hard drive? Message-ID: <mvhEC0w52.57D@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom On-Line Services X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <5o8drq$2ui$1@usc.edu> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 12:31:50 GMT Lines: 18 Sender: mvh@netcom18.netcom.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43152 I ALWAYS install on the second drive. Can't recall how now, though... Rick Lee (isoft@pacbell.net) wrote: : I have FreeBSD 2.1, 2 CD ROM set, and trying to install on second hard : drive. Installs fine but cannot boot. I'm using System Commander as a : boot manager which adds BSD as a menu item after installing FreeBSD : but when I try to boot the system hangs. I tried Booteasy, standard, : and leave boot alone options. All hangs when I try to boot. After : reading through this news group it seems you can install FreeBSD on a : second hard drive. My first hard drive is full and cannot spare a : byte. : Can somebody quickly tell me if I can install FreeBSD on my second : hard drive and if so what do I need to do? If not I would like to try : LINUX which seems to work fine on any drive on any partition. : Thank you