Add a FAQ entry about how to install a boot manager if another
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<corpauthor>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</corpauthor>
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<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.196 2001/05/16 16:59:53 ue Exp $</pubdate>
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<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.197 2001/05/16 17:03:55 ue Exp $</pubdate>
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<copyright>
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<year>1995</year>
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<programlisting>kern.timecounter.hardware=i8254</programlisting>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question id="boot-read-error">
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<para>After the BIOS screen, FreeBSD's boot loader displays
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<errorname>Read error</errorname> and stops.
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</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>FreeBSD's boot loader is incorrectly recognizing the hard
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drive's geometry. This must be manually set within fdisk when
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creating or modifying FreeBSD's slice.
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</para>
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<para>The correct drive geometry values can be found within the
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machine's BIOS. Look for the number of cylinders, heads and
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sectors for the particular drive.
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</para>
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<para>Within &man.sysinstall.8;'s fdisk, hit
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<userinput>G</userinput> for:
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</para>
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<programlisting>G = set Drive Geometry</programlisting>
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<para>A dialog will pop up requesting the number of cylinders, heads
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and sectors. Type the numbers found from the BIOS seperates by
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forward slashes.
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</para>
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<para>5000 heads, 250 sectors and 60 sectors would be entered as
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<userinput>5000/250/60</userinput>
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</para>
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<para>Press enter to set the values, and hit <userinput>W</userinput>
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for:
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</para>
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<programlisting>W = Write Changes</programlisting>
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<para>This will write the new partition table to the drive.
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</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question id="bootmanager-restore">
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<para>Another operating system destroyed my Boot Manager, how do I
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get it back?
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</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>Enter &man.sysinstall.8 and choose Configure,
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then Fdisk. Select the disk the Boot Manager resided on
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with the <userinput>space</userinput> key. Press
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<userinput>W</userinput> to write changes to the drive. A prompt
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will appear asking which boot loader to install. Select this,
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and it will be restored.
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</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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</qandaset>
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</chapter>
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<corpauthor>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</corpauthor>
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<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.196 2001/05/16 16:59:53 ue Exp $</pubdate>
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<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.197 2001/05/16 17:03:55 ue Exp $</pubdate>
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<copyright>
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<year>1995</year>
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<programlisting>kern.timecounter.hardware=i8254</programlisting>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question id="boot-read-error">
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<para>After the BIOS screen, FreeBSD's boot loader displays
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<errorname>Read error</errorname> and stops.
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</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>FreeBSD's boot loader is incorrectly recognizing the hard
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drive's geometry. This must be manually set within fdisk when
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creating or modifying FreeBSD's slice.
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</para>
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<para>The correct drive geometry values can be found within the
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machine's BIOS. Look for the number of cylinders, heads and
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sectors for the particular drive.
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</para>
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<para>Within &man.sysinstall.8;'s fdisk, hit
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<userinput>G</userinput> for:
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</para>
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<programlisting>G = set Drive Geometry</programlisting>
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<para>A dialog will pop up requesting the number of cylinders, heads
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and sectors. Type the numbers found from the BIOS seperates by
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forward slashes.
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</para>
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<para>5000 heads, 250 sectors and 60 sectors would be entered as
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<userinput>5000/250/60</userinput>
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</para>
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<para>Press enter to set the values, and hit <userinput>W</userinput>
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for:
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</para>
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<programlisting>W = Write Changes</programlisting>
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<para>This will write the new partition table to the drive.
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</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question id="bootmanager-restore">
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<para>Another operating system destroyed my Boot Manager, how do I
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get it back?
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</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>Enter &man.sysinstall.8 and choose Configure,
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then Fdisk. Select the disk the Boot Manager resided on
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with the <userinput>space</userinput> key. Press
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<userinput>W</userinput> to write changes to the drive. A prompt
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will appear asking which boot loader to install. Select this,
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and it will be restored.
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</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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</qandaset>
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</chapter>
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