Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 20:50:07 -0400 (EDT) From: "Albert H." <hometeam@techpower.net> To: hight@sri.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: System Commander and FreeBSD problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971023204645.1084A-100000@techpower.net> In-Reply-To: <9710232324.AA16735@std.sri.com>
index | next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail
Have you looked at the boot loader from the tools dir of Freebsd
it works great...
I put the boot.bin and bootinst.exe in the C: dir incase I upgrade
anything in dos that changes my MBR like windows..
I know your using the system commander but why use a third party..?
Just a thought,,,.
hometeam@techpower.net
--We cannot all be masters, nor all masters
Cannot be truly follow'd--
-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
Version: 2.6.2
owEBqwBU/4kAlQMFADRCxNWhsddKSTR+6QEBelED/jzeC3btZfqSdIfrNoCgwUJJ
iNQ33UQoMyJ2ygkfl72xP5J79yml/F4P73GnNaDVbaMOmOG2NNAi5ElE73wRh54U
17kH+n5XnYeqekV8T2TG2Q6ex3UotXPyZ1vvrCrSxapOz6a4hh0GQeA55rcwLy2W
ROHwxfvaVsrX5iVOkRoerBFiC21lc3NhZ2UudHh0AAAAAA==
=jCvF
-----END PGP MESSAGE-----
On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, John Hight wrote:
>
> Recently I've totally reorganized my four-scsi-drive system. I
> previously used NT's loader, but I'm currently reworking thinks to try
> using System Commander. I've finally managed to bust through the evil
> Microsoft OSs and get them working, but now I'm stuck with getting
> FreeBSD boot.
>
> I've got FreeBSD installed on the 1st partition of my 3rd drive. I
> can boot off my floppy with "Boot: sd(2,a)/kernel", and when I
> disconnect my 1st two drives (scsi id 0 and 1), I can get a direct
> boot off the drive (Sys Cmdr is on drive 1, sd0). But when I put both
> my other drives back on line, I get "Read error" after selecting my
> FreeBSD menu-item in the System Commander popup.
>
> Does System Commander have any requirements for systems to boot off of
> the first two drives?
>
> Does FreeBSD have any requirements for systems to boot off of the
> first two drives?
>
> I'm frustrated having to muck with this low level stuff. I had hoped
> the process would be simpler by going to a "3rd-party/independent"
> software package (i.e., System Commander) and I have used it
> successfully in other situations.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
help
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.3.96.971023204645.1084A-100000>