Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 09:55:45 +0100 (MET) From: Dirk-Willem van Gulik <Dirk.vanGulik@jrc.it> To: Rudy Gireyev <rgireyev@yahoo.com> Cc: tanvir@mail.org, FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Install problems with Jaz Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980109095138.7731G-100000@elect6.jrc.it> In-Reply-To: <19980108182757.16076.rocketmail@send1a.yahoomail.com>
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> > > > I installed freebsd onto a Jaz disk and things seemed to work with the > > aha2940 drivers. There was an initial complaint about an inability to > > get geometry info from the jaz disk but it seemed to guess the right > > values and the install went all the way through with tons of disk > access > > without errors. > > > > But, now I have a stupid question. I didn't want the freebsd to > > overwrite my MBR, so how do I boot this disk? I tried to use my initial > > boot disk to point it to the scsi disk but it never seems to find it! > > Is that geometry problem coming back to haunt me? Hmm, eventually you will _have_ to install a boot manager of some sort; Expect for the case where you are willing to go into the BIOS setup and change the boot order (C:, D:, CDROM,..) time and time again. I use booteasy and a Jaz drive in much the same manner and can boot between versions of FreeBSD, NetBSD, W95, NT and Linux just fine. The only notable exception is Solaris :-( for which I have to go into the bios. Anyway, I simply get something along the lines of F1, BSD, F2 Dos, f5 Next disk, and can cycle through the 4 drives just fine. I use an Adaptec 2940 and 2x external Jaz and 1x SCSI disk. The master/ first disk is on the build in IDE. This is also where I've put the BootEasy boot manager. Dw.
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