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Date:      Wed, 10 Jul 2002 17:03:43 +1000
From:      Rob B <rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au>
To:        <miro@nexgo.de>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Fw: Problem with Miata 500au + freeBSD !!!
Message-ID:  <5.1.0.14.2.20020710165824.01c188b0@pop.ozemail.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <001901c2277d$8694a900$0100000a@wspro>

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At 05:19 10/07/2002, miro@nexgo.de sent this up the stick:
>Iīm an Linux Newbee and i donīt know very much about my Workstation.
>So Iīve installed freeBSD but i donīt know how to start it.
>I donīt know the bootfile or anything i need. Maybe someone can help me.
>
>Iīm trying to boot like this:
>
> >>>boot dkc1300 -fl 0
> >>>device dkc1300 is not invaild        (dkc1300 is my hdd)
> >>>usage is boot <device> [-file <file>] [-flags <flags>]
> >>>

At the SRM prompt >>>, what is the output of the command show dev

you don't need any flags to boot FreeBSD, so try booting with boot <device> -fl

Cheers,
Rob


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