I assume that you are installing *only* FreeBSD on the Pentium and not multibooting it. Did you select to install the standard MBR or did u select to leave he MBR untouched? What happens when you try to boot the system fromthe hadr drive?
Regard S. On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 02:49:51 +0000 (UTC), Phil Thomson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Just installed FreeBSD on a Pentium 150 I found in the garbage (!), and it > seems the installation went fine, but I cannot boot. I had to use the boot > floppies to start the installation, so I used those to boot from to try > and figure out how to configure the boot options in sysinstall, but I had > no luck. I tried using the fixit floppy, but I don't understand how to > find the hard drive or what I would do when I got there (I'm kind of a > newbie to FreeBSD). The "holographic shell" didnt work (no shell came up > at all). I can't currently rescue from a CD as I did a network install > from floppies. What is the next step? > > P > > "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." > Popular Mechanics, 1949 > > ========= > Phil Thomson > home: http://www.sfu.ca/~pthomson > label: http://centibel.org/ > group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/databenders/ > ========= > > SDF Public Access UNIX System > http://www.freeshell.org/ > Geekier than you since 1987. > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > -- Subhro Sankha Kar School of Information Technology Block AQ-13/1 Sector V ZIP 700091 India _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
