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Date:      Wed, 26 May 2004 10:38:29 -0600
From:      Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz>
To:        Me <d3javu1978@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: boot0cfg
Message-ID:  <20040526163829.GQ21801@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub>
In-Reply-To: <20040526142717.331.qmail@web42008.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20040526142717.331.qmail@web42008.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 07:27:17AM -0700, Me wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm sure this has been asked before, but I cant find
> any good info.
> I'm having problems reinstalling the bootloader, i'm
> running 5.2.1, I made it to the fixit console but when
> i type boot0cfg -d da0, i get: I/O error.
> Any Ideas?
>=20
> Br,
>=20
> Joe

You appear to have the commands arguments confused.  Take another look
at the man page.  The -d option specifies a BIOS drive number - you can
usually leave this blank and it will defaul to the first BIOS drive,
which is generally correct for most setups.  You probably want a command
more like:

# boot0cfg -Bv da0

There are other useful options, such as setting the delay and setting
the default partition/disk to boot.  I myself usually use the command:

# boot0cfg -Bv -o noupdate -t 50 <device>

Nathan

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