Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 12:10:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Joseph Wright <jwright@mbakercorp.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Booting freebsd from floppy Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10110161206070.38220-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <sbcc1098.007@mbakercorp.com>
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On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Joseph Wright wrote: > I have freebsd 4.4 installed on my second hd and win2000 on my first(primary) hd. What I want is to be able stick a disk in the machine and boot freebsd from floppy instead of using the boot manager but if there is not a disk in it will boot win2000. > > I have both os's installed and it boots to win2000 but what do i type at the ok: prompt to boot from the second slice of the second hard drive. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message In 4.3 and 4.2, the following work for me. I make a standard fixit.flp. It cannot itself boot, but it comes up with a boot: prompt with a default to boot from a floppy. at this prompt I do the following: boot: 1:da(1,a)/boot/loader Once I get the boot string right, I put it in the root directory of the floppy (exactly the line above) in a file called kernel.conf That floppy (which no longer works as a fixit.flp) should now boot directly into the FreeBSD installation on the hard drive. The fixit floppy works for me in 4.4 (I have FreeBSD on a second hard drive (but only if I enter the stuff at the boot: command). Let me know if it works for you. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: mall.daemonnews.org and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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