Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 21:06:36 -0800 From: "George W. Dinolt" <george.w.dinolt@lmco.com> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Boot Loader question Message-ID: <3643D55C.DE98C1E7@lmco.com>
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I have a question about the new bootloader. I have been using the loader successfully including preloading .ko files and "load -t userconfig_script..." commands with great success. The process seems to work very well. The problem is that I boot several different versions of FreeBSD and like to use a "floppy" to start the boot process off. Different floppies point to different disks or diskpartitions. Currently I have configured a floppy using disklabel -B /dev/fd0 and a boot.config file which contains, for example, the command 3:da(0,a)boot/loader When I boot from the floppy, this causes the loader on my 3rd scsi disk to run. This all works great. I would like to be able to use the boot1 and boot2 from /boot on the floppy. This does not seem to work. When I try the command disklabel -B -b /boot/boot1 -s /boot/boot2 /dev/fd0 and then boot off the floppy I get an error and the system hangs in the first boot phase. I can, of course, just ignore the problem for the time being, but if/when the new files replace the current ones in /usr/mdec, there could be problems. Anyone have any suggestions? George Dinolt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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