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Freebsd bootloader install problem

Calman · 2004-02-09 01:15:08

I download the 2 freebsd bootloader files, then in knoppix I dragged boot.bin onto the boot install .exe and nothing seemed to happen. Rebooted and it wasn't installed. I got this from Phaxx's post here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?postid=279926#post279926 . Any help would be appreciated :)

09-02-2004 1:15am

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Calman

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I download the 2 freebsd bootloader files, then in knoppix I dragged boot.bin onto the boot install .exe and nothing seemed to happen. Rebooted and it wasn't installed. I got this from Phaxx's post here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?postid=279926#post279926 . Any help would be appreciated

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#2 09-02-2004 1:16am

flamegrill

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You do that in windows. .exe are win32 executables.

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#3 09-02-2004 1:25am

Calman

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I'm a linux newbie as u can tell. I did that in windows and it says bad boot image in file boot.bin

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#4 09-02-2004 1:39am

Calman

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I downloaded it again and it worked fine, yay. Cheers flamegrill

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#5 13-02-2004 4:20am

Calman

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I installed it and when the computer starts it says something like:

1. ??? [which is windows]
2. Linux
3. Linux

If I press 1 windows loads fine but if I press 2 or 3 it prompts me to choose again and doesn't load linux, so the only option is one.
Anyone have any ideas, it'd be nice to be able to start linux without using a boot disk every time.

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#6 17-02-2004 5:09pm

Gerry

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In my experience the freebsd bootloader isn't great at loading linux. It does do a good job of loading windows though..
You should try installing grub.

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