MonMotha wrote: > > I've never done it with BSD, but I've had various forms of Linux on > older Dell comps. All worked fine, however these were "general purpose" > comps. > > If the BIOS needs to boot from a DOS bootsector (some newer Compaqs do > it seems)...a way to get around this is to do somethign like load DOS > then use loadlin to boot Linux from DOS. I'm not sure if BSD has an > equivilent, but it usually works for me with Linux. > > Where does the bootup procedure stop btw? > ##########
I have a feeling that it may be the bios setup not recognizing the hd. It finds the mempry, keyboard ,mouse then stops before the hd is detected with the line: Insert bootable media in the appropriate drive. Aloha! Al Plant - Webmaster http://hawaiidakine.com Providing FAST DSL Service for $28.00 /mo. Member Small Business Hawaii. Running FreeBSD 4.5 UNIX & Caldera Linux 2.4 & RedHat 7.2 Support OPEN SOURCE in Business Computing. Phone 808-622-0043
