Re: Urgent FreeBSD Boot question!

2006-03-20 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Daniel: I have an old but very reliable Dell Dimension 8200 that's 6 years old. It does not have a boot option for both of my separate hard disks. The only BOOT options are: floppy, CD or hard drive. That's why I need the boot manager solution. Thank you. Daniel A. wrote: On 3/20/06,

Re: Urgent FreeBSD Boot question!

2006-03-20 Thread Bill Moran
On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:42:37 -0500 Benjamin Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Daniel: I have an old but very reliable Dell Dimension 8200 that's 6 years old. It does not have a boot option for both of my separate hard disks. The only BOOT options are: floppy, CD or hard drive. That's why

Re: Urgent FreeBSD Boot question!

2006-03-20 Thread Derek Ragona
Look in the tools folder on the FreeBSD CD for booteasy. You can load booteasy onto both hard disks from a command window under XP. -Derek At 03:42 PM 3/20/2006, Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear Daniel: I have an old but very reliable Dell Dimension 8200 that's 6 years old. It does not

Re: Urgent FreeBSD Boot question!

2006-03-20 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Kevin: Sounds great! Just what I need. One question before I proceed: what is the holographic shell. Please be specific and provide step-by-step instructions. I am a bit nervous about this kind of brain surgery. Thank you again. Benjamin To write the MBR on the first disk, just boot the

RE: Urgent FreeBSD Boot question!

2006-03-20 Thread Gayn Winters
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Benjamin Sher Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 1:21 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Urgent FreeBSD Boot question! Dear friends: I decided to go out and buy the latest issue of Linux Format with the FreeBSD 6 CD. I am very glad I did.

Re: Urgent FreeBSD Boot question!

2006-03-20 Thread Jud
Gayn Winters wrote: [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Benjamin Sher Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 1:21 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Urgent FreeBSD Boot question! Dear friends: I decided to go out and buy the latest issue of Linux Format with the FreeBSD 6 CD. I am very

Re: Urgent FreeBSD Boot question!

2006-03-20 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: I decided to go out and buy the latest issue of Linux Format with the FreeBSD 6 CD. I am very glad I did. FreeBSD is tough to install, Well, kinda like the first date, the first cigarette, the first skirmish, the first honeymoon, etc.: a tad tough, the