Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 14:42:41 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Christian Kuhtz" <ck@gnu.org> Cc: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org>, <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: boot disk & boot loader Message-ID: <14909.9537.983243.977540@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <NEBBJKIJGLMGELMBGHEOMEAPCKAA.ck@gnu.org> References: <14908.61870.629841.316769@guru.mired.org> <NEBBJKIJGLMGELMBGHEOMEAPCKAA.ck@gnu.org>
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Christian Kuhtz <ck@gnu.org> types: > > You don't need a BSD boot floppy to install a boot loader - unless > > there's some factor you haven't mentioned. > As I tried to hint at in the previous post, I have to tell the BIOS to boot > off the 2nd disk. When I do so, FreeBSD doesn't properly recognize /dev/ad0 > (apparently /dev/ad0 doesn't get initialized properly while the other drive). > Why, I don't know, it is recognized any other way, so, I need to build a boot > disk. Ah, that makes sense. The BIOS may be hiding ad0 because Windows can't boot from anything boot drive 0. > What do I need to put on the boot floppy? (or is it already of the fixit > floppy?) If you've already got the install floppies, you can do this from the install system; it will write the boot sector for you. Or you can boot to the fixit disk, and if boot0cfg isn't on it, mount the BSD system on ad1 and use boot0cfg from there. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Unix/FreeBSD consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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