Install errors on old HP machine

David Fleck david.fleck at mchsi.com
Sun Jul 4 06:18:52 PDT 2004


On Sat, 3 Jul 2004, Danny MacMillan wrote:
> If you have another laptop, you can:
>
> 1. Put the hard drive in the other laptop.
> 2. Install a boot manager on it that will allow you to boot from CD.
> 3. Put the hard drive back in the HP.
> 4. Boot the HP from the FreeBSD and proceed as normally.
>
> That's what I did.  Here's the boot manager I used:
>
> http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/
>
> You can install the standard boot manager during FreeBSD installation if
> you want, or choose "None" to keep the fancy one.


Thanks for the information.  This machine is a low priority, but I'll try
your idea soon.


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David Fleck
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