Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:01:51 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: delphi123@zebra.net Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Urgent FreeBSD Boot question! Message-ID: <20060320230151.AF2D245047@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:44:28 EST." <441F304C.2000603@mindspring.com>
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> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:44:28 -0500 > From: Benjamin Sher <sher07@mindspring.com> > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > > Dear Kevin: > > Sounds great! Just what I need. One question before I proceed: what is > the holographic shell. Please be specific and provide step-by-step > instructions. I am a bit nervous about this kind of brain surgery. > > Thank you again. > > Benjamin > > > > To write the MBR on the first disk, just boot the CD and select the > > holographic shell. At that point, enter the command: > > boot0cfg -B ad0 > > > > That should do the trick. There are several other ways to do this, but > > this is the first one I thought of for your situation. > > Oops! I really meant the live file system. It is available on the FreeBSD installation CD. It gives you a shell on the system. Boot the installation CD Select "Fixit" Select "2 CDROM/DVD" At the prompt, enter the boot0cfg command. Type exit to return to sysinstall Exit sysinstall to reboot the system -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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