Install bug - 4.9 stable - post install circular reboot
kblists at comcast.net
kblists at comcast.net
Mon Jan 12 15:59:50 PST 2004
Thanks to Stuart Barkley detailed suggestion:
>(From memory, YMMV) Reboot for the installation CD into sysinstall.
>Select "Configure" then "Fdisk". In fdisk select "W" this will cause
>the MBR to be rewritten correctly (I always select the FreeBSD boot
>manager, I don't know if that is necessary).
I was able to get my 4.9 to boot.
Ian,
> That's three of us now. Maybe this should go in the errata?
Obsolutely. As I said in my original posting. I'm re-evaluating BSD for the
2nd time, and I was inches away ending my evaluation with the concensus that
BSD is not worth my time in 2004.
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