Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 18:12:40 -0600 From: "Alejandro Ramirez" <ales@megared.net.mx> To: "clb" <clb@logantech.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Boot Problem Message-ID: <036d01bf27eb$a3e11be0$dbdffea9@megared.net.mx> References: <199911060012.TAA51122@perth.logantech.com>
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Hi,
Use the DOS fdisk program to set the disk bootable, or the fdisk from
sysinstall.
Have Fun...
Ales
----- Original Message -----
From: clb <clb@logantech.com>
To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 6:12 PM
Subject: Boot Problem
>
>
> Recently I replaced a failing hard drive in a Freebsd 2.2.6 system
> with a new larger hard drive. Everything copied well however I can't get
> the system to boot off the new disk. If you boot off floppy and then tell
> it to load from wd(0,a)/kernel, the system will come up using the new
drive.
> Tried using bootinst.exe to install the boot block, but it didn't fix the
> problem. Did an fdisk and things look ok, except for the "Can Boot"
column
> which is set to no. The other thing is that the root partition is now
larger,
> 3.6G. Have I exceeded an O/S limit?
>
> The output of fdisk is below:
>
> Number=1
> Part Type = 386bsd
> Can Boot = no
> Boot Partition = yes
> Beg. head = 1
> Beg. Cyl = 0
> Deb. Sect = 1
> End head = 254
> End Cyl = 552
> End Set = 63
> Relative Sectors = 63
> Number of Sectors = 8883882
>
>
>
> Any help would be great.
>
>
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