From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 27 5:16: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2937237B400 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 05:16:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp1.acsu.buffalo.edu (smtp1.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.6.84]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 55EB743E7B for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 05:16:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cd9@buffalo.edu) Received: (qmail 9123 invoked from network); 27 Aug 2002 12:09:17 -0000 Received: from ubppp233-19.dialin.buffalo.edu (HELO selvirjin.buffalo.edu) (128.205.233.19) by smtp1.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 27 Aug 2002 12:09:17 -0000 Received: from dragon by selvirjin.buffalo.edu with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 17jf9I-0000s3-00; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 08:08:44 -0400 Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 08:08:44 -0400 From: "C. A. Daelhousen" To: Fook Sheng Chan Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot problems F1 F5 Message-ID: <20020827080844.B3273@selvirjin.buffalo.edu> Mail-Followup-To: Fook Sheng Chan , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020827090413.69358.qmail@web13606.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020827090413.69358.qmail@web13606.mail.yahoo.com>; from chanfs16@yahoo.com on Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 02:04:13AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 02:04:13AM -0700, Fook Sheng Chan wrote: > > As it is a server, i will prefer no user intervention > is needed for it to be booted, can anyone advise? > You could try a different boot manager--GRUB is my personal favorite, but it's somewhat difficult to initially set up. Install it from ports (/usr/ports/sysutils/grub) and then read the info page carefully. Put it on a floppy first. Note that you'll need to add "conv=osync" to the dd command for stage2. If you still want to use the FreeBSD boot manager, it would be wise to post the following information to the list: - what drives you have (e.g. ad0, ad1) - what slices and partitions are on each (e.g. ad0s1a=/) -- ..: Chad Daelhousen == cd9@buffalo.edu :.........: sig v3.1 :... : Programming for 10 +/- 2 years (50 +/- 10% of a lifetime) : :.............Perl will be the first to implement mind reading.: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message