Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 22:32:17 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Carl Weidling <cpw@rahul.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Questions about booting from floppy to use CD-Rom system Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971128223108.22417I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199711232113.AA22960@waltz.rahul.net>
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On Sun, 23 Nov 1997, Carl Weidling wrote: > FIRST question: > When I installed FreeBSD, it changed my MBR so that it gives me > choices, if I hit F1 it goes to DOS, if I hit F5 it goes to my 2nd hard > drive and gives me F2 as a choice for FreeBSD. Those work fine, but there > are choices that specify linux, only they don't work. It would be nice > if it really could let me choose linux, is that a possibility? It should work, I don't know why it isn't. > SECOND question: > The 2nd CD-rom of the set I got from Walnut Creek is supposed to > be a 'live file system' that you can use by specifying some option from > the boot floppy. Maybe that doesn't work when the CD-Rom is atapi but it > would certainly be nice for doing repairs, like changing fstabs when I > move the jumpers around on the backs of my hard drives). WEll, it's more of a snapshot, so if you break one of the main files you can grab it back off the CD. > Actually, it would be nice to just have a loadlin like utility to > run from DOS to let me boot this or that O/S, does such a thing exist for > FreeBSD? Yup, fbsdboot in /usr/mdec or on the CD. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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