Aloha Al, I have install 4.5 and 5.0 on a dell P166 and P100. I have had no issues. Are the Hard drive(s) been set to master/slave/single? This sounds more like the boot sector is not writing to the front of the drive. In a 2 drive system the root (/) needs to put on the Master drive. Is the BTX boot loader being put on the master drive? Are you putting a 2nd boot loader (BTX) on the 2nd drive?
Thanks, Brian > al plant wrote: > > > > 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 memory, keyboard ,mouse then stops before the hd is > > detected with the line: > > > > Insert bootable media in the appropriate drive. > > ########### > > Hmm... > > I just flashed the new updated bios and that is not the problem. It > still wont boot. > Same error. > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau >
