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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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