Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 07:54:22 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: James Tapping <james@fr.clara.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd bootdisk Message-ID: <20010506075422.L220@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0105051337500.14879-100000@munster.noc.fr.clara.net>; from james@fr.clara.net on Sat, May 05, 2001 at 01:47:02PM %2B0200 References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0105051337500.14879-100000@munster.noc.fr.clara.net>
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Follow-ups to James and -questions please.
No discussion of install problems should be held on -newbies.
On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 01:47:02PM +0200, James Tapping wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> I am new too FreeBSD and coming from the linux world...I have an old
> 486 machine that I use as a NAT gateway using Debian Linux, and I
> have never managed to get the machine to boot from the harddrive
> (even after using a /boot partition etc), so i quite happily use a
> boot-diskette. So my question is what and how does one do the
> equivalent thing in FreeBSD?
That arrangement is a Linuxism that I've heard of before but don't
fully understand. There is no direct equivalent for FreeBSD, because
the two operating systems boot entirely differently. In order to solve
your problem for FreeBSD, you need to start again with a totally
FreeBSD approach, first defining the problem in an OS-independent
manner.
> Yes, I have tried installing a FreeBSD on the machine and it doesn't
> want to boot either, the machine justs asks for a diskette (nothing
> in the bios settings either, its an IBM 433 DXS)
>
> Any ideas?
What version of FreeBSD are you installing?
How much RAM does the machine have? That could be a limiting factor.
How big is the hard disk, are you using all of it, and how have you
sliced it (DOSSpeak=partition) for FreeBSD? We usually use a single
slice and make partitions within that, unlike Linux.
Did the standard FreeBSD installation succeed? If so, where
do you first read the word "FreeBSD" when you try to boot?
If the machine has FreeBSD installed and is asking for a boot diskette,
I can't imagine that it would be FreeBSD making that request. Perhaps
scraps of the old boot manager remain?
> please reply personally as I am not subscribed to questions@ on newbies
No problem.
Perhaps you'll see someone on freebsd-questions correct me (and cc you)
if I've said anything wrong. Meanwhile, James, can you provide some
more information to freebsd-questions so that the support volunteers
can help you? Exactly what have you got, and what have you done with it
so far? If anyone can help you, they will do so on freebsd-questions
with a cc to you but you might have to help the helpers a little more.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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