Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 08:48:38 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org, Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Subject: Re: my bootable CDs... Message-ID: <XFMail.010821084838.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0108201639490.69048-100000@beppo>
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On 20-Aug-01 Matthew Jacob wrote: > >> > CD #1 needs to work. Installs should only need CD #1. Both CD's should >> > be >> > bootable, so you can boot off of disk 2 and go directly into fixit mode >> > w/o >> > having to swap CD's. >> >> Yes, exactly my idea. I never had a #2 CD before. I'm currently building >> a new buildworld / release and I'll try to find out *what* it is that makes >> #2 a GO and #1 a NO-GO. > > > *cough* > > Disk1 has a /kernel && a /boot, but /boot only has: > > mathom.nas.nasa.gov > ls boot > TRANS.TBL cdboot* loader* loader.rc > > The fixit CDROM (disk2) has the full complement of /boot, including defaults > and Forth code, etc. > > It seems a quick and cheap thing to try is to put the full /boot complement > into disk1's /boot. We don't use the 4th stuff for installation booting. Look at loader.rc, it doesn't include /boot/loader.4th, so none of the other stuff is needed. The loader.rc just loads a kernel and boots. > -matt -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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