From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 20 23:01:57 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE59916A401 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 23:01:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from postal1.es.net (postal1.es.net [198.128.3.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3189843D6E for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 23:01:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net ([198.128.4.29]) by postal1.es.net (Postal Node 1) with ESMTP (SSL) id IBA74465; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:01:52 -0800 Received: from ptavv.es.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id AF2D245047; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:01:51 -0800 (PST) To: delphi123@zebra.net In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:44:28 EST." <441F304C.2000603@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:01:51 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20060320230151.AF2D245047@ptavv.es.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Urgent FreeBSD Boot question! X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 23:01:57 -0000 > Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:44:28 -0500 > From: Benjamin Sher > 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