[luau] Installing BSD on Dell P75t boxes

[MonMotha]

I've never done it with BSD, but I've had various forms of Linux on 
older Dell comps.  All worked fine, however these were "general purpose" 
comps.

If the BIOS needs to boot from a DOS bootsector (some newer Compaqs do 
it seems)...a way to get around this is to do somethign like load DOS 
then use loadlin to boot Linux from DOS.  I'm not sure if BSD has an 
equivilent, but it usually works for me with Linux.

Where does the bootup procedure stop btw?

--MonMotha

al plant wrote:
> I am having trouble getting  a FreeBSD 4.5 install to boot on Dell P75t
> boxes. 
> 
> It installs, but I cannot get it to boot. 
> 
> These Dell Boxes were designed for Win 98 to be used as networked cash
> registers and inventory look up boxes with a small hard drive. 
> 
> Anybody have this issue with installing FreeBSD on Dell boxes? I have
> successfully put 4.5 on Dell Lap tops. And this is the first problem I
> have ever encountered in Installing FreeBSD on small towers.
> 
> Any Ideas?  
> 
> Someone told me they thought you had to have a small DOS Partition on
> the first segment of the HD. I have never had to do this on any other
> Desktops or Laptops before. 
> 
> Could the BIOS be updated on a DELL? 
> 
> 
> 
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