Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 00:04:07 0 From: "Clare & Peter Stubbs" <clarenpete@sol.co.uk> To: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: empty partition/can't find boot.config & boot.help Message-ID: <199804192305.AAA18928@gnasher.sol.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980419005718.6766h-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> References: <199804182251.XAA01272@gnasher.sol.co.uk>
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On 19 Apr 98, Doug White wrote: > On Sat, 18 Apr 1998, Clare & Peter Stubbs wrote: > > > empty partition > > can't find boot.config > > empty partition > > can't find boot.help > > > > wd(0,a)/kernel > > boot: > > > > I can't get it to boot at all. When I boot from a boot floppy my > > system is all there, but it won't boot by itsef. I've searched the > > emal archives, but not found an answer. > > > > Anyone got any ideas? > > This is a known bug with the boot blocks -- it can't handle multiple > slices on a disk. Try booting the boot/fixit combo and copying a > kernel and /etc over to the other disk so that it can boot both - > let the boot blocks pick. Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it without any luck. In the end I deleted the new partition. I still get the boot.config and boot.ini messaged, but the system now boots and runs fine. I'll have to put the new space on another disk. Thanks for your help. Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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