Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 08:08:44 -0400 From: "C. A. Daelhousen" <cd9@buffalo.edu> To: Fook Sheng Chan <chanfs16@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot problems F1 F5 Message-ID: <20020827080844.B3273@selvirjin.buffalo.edu> In-Reply-To: <20020827090413.69358.qmail@web13606.mail.yahoo.com>; from chanfs16@yahoo.com on Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 02:04:13AM -0700 References: <20020827090413.69358.qmail@web13606.mail.yahoo.com>
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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
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