From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Nov 4 7:18:33 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from thoth.mch.sni.de (thoth.mch.sni.de [192.35.17.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2C4F14C32 for ; Thu, 4 Nov 1999 07:18:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de) X-Envelope-Sender-Is: andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de (at relayer thoth.mch.sni.de) Received: from mail2.siemens.de (mail2.siemens.de [139.25.208.11]) by thoth.mch.sni.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA28051 for ; Thu, 4 Nov 1999 16:17:40 +0100 (MET) Received: from curry.mchp.siemens.de (curry.mchp.siemens.de [139.25.42.7]) by mail2.siemens.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA06818 for ; Thu, 4 Nov 1999 16:17:39 +0100 (MET) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by curry.mchp.siemens.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA45543 for ; Thu, 4 Nov 1999 16:17:39 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 16:17:39 +0100 From: Andre Albsmeier To: Mike Smith Cc: Randy Bush , FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: easyboot far into disk Message-ID: <19991104161739.A29367@internal> References: <199911040836.AAA00488@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <199911040836.AAA00488@dingo.cdrom.com>; from mike@smith.net.au on Thu, Nov 04, 1999 at 12:36:21AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 04-Nov-1999 at 00:36:21 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > on a 13gb win98 system, i wanted a bit of bsd. so i installed win98 in 10gb > > and freebsd in the last 3gb, and choose easyboot. at boot, when i select f2 > > pertition, i get a beep. is it the >1024 cyl thingie? wazza fix? it is > > already lba. > > "Chose easyboot"? Here's the best fix: > > - Boot the install floppy. When the little spinning widget appears > and stops, hit the spacebar. At the 'boot:" prompt, type > > wd(0,a)/boot/loader > > This should get the loader off the disk OK, and boot you fine. > > - Once you're up and running, read the manpage for boot0inst. You Shouldn't that be boot0cfg ?!? -Andre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message