Re: FreeBSD Loader

2006-10-16 Thread Eric Schuele
On 10/15/06 10:35, Nathan Lasseter wrote: Hi I tried to install FreeBSD, but Windows hogs all the drivespace. Now after aborting the installer, every time I power on, the Loader appears. How do I remove it? Google fdisk /mbr: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/69013 HTH Thanks Nathan.

FreeBSD Loader

2006-10-15 Thread Nathan Lasseter
Hi I tried to install FreeBSD, but Windows hogs all the drivespace. Now after aborting the installer, every time I power on, the Loader appears. How do I remove it? Thanks Nathan. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: FreeBSD Loader

2006-10-15 Thread Tore Lund
Nathan Lasseter wrote: Hi I tried to install FreeBSD, but Windows hogs all the drivespace. Now after aborting the installer, every time I power on, the Loader appears. How do I remove it? It sounds like the installer got far enough to change the active slice (partition). If so, you might

FreeBSD loader booting xp

2006-05-27 Thread Dave
Hello, I've got a machine with multiple hard drives. I've got freebsd on the first, now i unfortunately have to put xp on the second. I'm wondering can freebsd's loader boot it? Thanks. Dave. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: FreeBSD loader booting xp

2006-05-27 Thread Derek Ragona
Sure it can, but it is actually the boot manager that does it. You will get a prompt asking to boot or to boot from the second drive. On the second drive you will get a similar prompt. If you need to load the boot manager it is in the tools directory on FreeBSD releases, it is booteasy.

Re: FreeBSD loader

2004-12-19 Thread Eric Kjeldergaard
How can I configure the loader of FreeBSD 5.2 such that the default is loading the kernel with ACPI support. with ACPI is the default, is it not? No. When I let the loader timeout, it does not load the acpi.ko module. This is the second choice. This is the way /boot/beastie.4th

Re: FreeBSD loader

2004-12-19 Thread Thierry Lacoste
How can I configure the loader of FreeBSD 5.2 such that the default is loading the kernel with ACPI support. with ACPI is the default, is it not? No. When I let the loader timeout, it does not load the acpi.ko module. This is the second choice. This is the way

Re: FreeBSD loader

2004-12-19 Thread Eric Kjeldergaard
How can I configure the loader of FreeBSD 5.2 such that the default is loading the kernel with ACPI support. with ACPI is the default, is it not? No. When I let the loader timeout, it does not load the acpi.ko module. This is the second choice. This is the way

FreeBSD loader

2004-12-18 Thread Thierry Lacoste
How can I configure the loader of FreeBSD 5.2 such that the default is loading the kernel with ACPI support. I'd like to make minimal changes. I thought I could exchange the values of the variables bootkey and bootacpikey in /boot/beastie.4th but I couldn't find where their values are set.

Re: FreeBSD loader

2004-12-18 Thread Eric Kjeldergaard
How can I configure the loader of FreeBSD 5.2 such that the default is loading the kernel with ACPI support. with ACPI is the default, is it not? -- If I write a signature, my emails will appear more personalised. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: FreeBSD loader

2004-12-18 Thread Thierry Lacoste
How can I configure the loader of FreeBSD 5.2 such that the default is loading the kernel with ACPI support. with ACPI is the default, is it not? No. When I let the loader timeout, it does not load the acpi.ko module. This is the second choice. This is the way /boot/beastie.4th

Re: FreeBSD loader and Linux

2003-08-14 Thread Joshua Oreman
On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 10:55:18AM -0400 or thereabouts, John McDonnell wrote: I am not an expert and am rather new to the FreeBSD world though I have had some previous expieriance with Linux. Did you install Lilo at all? I think that when you install Linux, you have to install a boot loader

Re: FreeBSD loader and Linux

2003-08-14 Thread John McDonnell
No, that's correct. You must install either LILO or GRUB in your Linux partition. (Side note: I have two hard drives -- ad0 has linux (from scratch) and ad2 has FBSD 5.0. I made ad2 dangerously-dedicated (silly me!) so neither GRUB nor LILO will work in ad0. So I had to make a boot

Re: FreeBSD loader and Linux

2003-08-14 Thread Jud
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 17:40:57 +0100, Matt Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, that's correct. You must install either LILO or GRUB in your Linux partition. (Side note: I have two hard drives -- ad0 has linux (from scratch) and ad2 has FBSD 5.0. I made ad2 dangerously-dedicated (silly me!) so

FreeBSD loader and Linux

2003-08-14 Thread Hossein
Hello; I have Installed FreeBSD 4.4 on my Presario 2800 Notebook. In the second partition of the 20GB Hard disc. It was alright and the loader worked well, until I decided to install Red Hat 9.0 Linux on the third partition. Since I wanted to experience FreeBSD loader and it seemed very

Re: FreeBSD loader and Linux

2003-08-14 Thread John McDonnell
I am not an expert and am rather new to the FreeBSD world though I have had some previous expieriance with Linux. Did you install Lilo at all? I think that when you install Linux, you have to install a boot loader with it, in the Linux partition and not the MBR if you don't want to over-write your

Re: FreeBSD loader and Linux

2003-08-14 Thread Matt Heath
No, that's correct. You must install either LILO or GRUB in your Linux partition. (Side note: I have two hard drives -- ad0 has linux (from scratch) and ad2 has FBSD 5.0. I made ad2 dangerously-dedicated (silly me!) so neither GRUB nor LILO will work in ad0. So I had to make a boot floppy.)

Re: FreeBSD loader and Linux

2003-08-14 Thread dick hoogendijk
On 11 Aug John McDonnell wrote: Damn, I knew I was forgetting something. *lol* I blame it on the baby crying making me forget to cite the message. That plus my client displays the message in a window above the composing window which always makes me forget that the message I'm replying to isn't

FAQ about FreeBSD loader

2003-06-20 Thread vbilash
Hello FreeBSD Core Team! The first thank You about russian documentation FreeBSD. I have one problem with loader. Situation: I have 2 HDD - first (master) FreeBSD 5.0 installed; second (slave) - Windows - at one IDE both HDD. FreeBSD loader show me at startup: F1 FreeBSD F2 Dos F3 Drive1 How I

Re: FAQ about FreeBSD loader

2003-06-20 Thread Jud
. FreeBSD loader show me at startup: F1 FreeBSD F2 Dos F3 Drive1 How I have modify my /boot/boot0 for start Windows from slave HDD? And one DENGEROUS situation I had: when I press F3 (Drive1) at startup - I'll couldn't load FreeBSD any more, I shoul boot from install FreeBSD CD and reinstall

FreeBSD Loader

2003-02-10 Thread Chuck Payne
Hi, I am trying to install FreeBSD 5.0, but everytime I install it and reboot the FreeBSD bootloader won't boot FreeBSD, is there a trick that I need to know to get this working? What do I need to read or do? Chuck Payne To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe

Re: FreeBSD Loader

2003-02-10 Thread Daxbert
I am trying to install FreeBSD 5.0, but everytime I install it and reboot the FreeBSD bootloader won't boot FreeBSD, is there a trick that I need to know to get this working? What do I need to read or do? Chuck Payne I've had this problem occur when I forget to set the partition as

RE: FreeBSD Loader

2003-02-10 Thread Chuck Payne
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 4:10 PM To: Chuck Payne; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FreeBSD Loader I am trying to install FreeBSD 5.0, but everytime I install it and reboot the FreeBSD bootloader won't boot FreeBSD, is there a trick that I need to know to get

Re: FreeBSD Loader

2003-02-10 Thread Daxbert
- From: Daxbert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 4:10 PM To: Chuck Payne; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FreeBSD Loader I am trying to install FreeBSD 5.0, but everytime I install it and reboot the FreeBSD bootloader won't boot FreeBSD, is there a trick