From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 7 07:40:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B45A316A41F for ; Sat, 7 Jan 2006 07:40:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd@bathnetworks.com) Received: from lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk (mail.bathnetworks.com [84.92.24.252]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF66B43D45 for ; Sat, 7 Jan 2006 07:40:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd@bathnetworks.com) Received: (qmail 15751 invoked by uid 510); 7 Jan 2006 07:43:51 +0000 Received: from 84.92.24.252 by lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk (envelope-from , uid 508) with qmail-scanner-1.24-st-qms (clamdscan: 0.87/1146. spamassassin: 3.0.2. perlscan: 1.24-st-qms. Clear:RC:0(84.92.24.252):SA:0(-3.7/5.0):. Processed in 1.069575 secs); 07 Jan 2006 07:43:51 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.7 required=5.0 X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN-Mail-From: bsd@bathnetworks.com via lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN: 1.24-st-qms (Clear:RC:0(84.92.24.252):SA:0(-3.7/5.0):. Processed in 1.069575 secs Process 15744) Received: from mail.bathnetworks.com (HELO ?84.92.24.252?) (bsd@bathnetworks.com@84.92.24.252) by lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk with SMTP; 7 Jan 2006 07:43:49 +0000 From: Robert Slade To: jasonharback In-Reply-To: <000601c6133d$0c463ba0$6500a8c0@ctusf.org> References: <000601c6133d$0c463ba0$6500a8c0@ctusf.org> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1136619829.15229.23.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 07:43:49 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Sparc dual boot problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 07:40:47 -0000 On Sat, 2006-01-07 at 03:47, jasonharback wrote: > Here's the situation > > > > The machine is a SUN ULTRA 5 and I have 4 IDE devices. I am new to SUN hardware I know much more about PC's. The first device primary master is the cdrom which Solaris 10 and FreeBSD were successfully installed from. Currently Solaris 10 which is the primary slave is the default boot device. FreeBSD is installed on the primary slave drive. I am used to the FreeBSD install on a PC and during that install it gave time for configuring the boot loader but I can't find it on the recent Sparc FreeBSD edition? During the partition process it says I will have the option to configure the boot loader latter. Right now I can't boot FreeBSD and I have no idea how to configure this machine to make it dual boot? I would like to have Solaris 10 as the primary O/S, FreeBSD as the secondary and Sparc Linux on the third hd. > > > > Can you please help? > > Jason Harback Jason, You don't need to use a boot loader with the U5, just boot to the promt (Stop A). Then just type boot followed by the alias of the slice you want to boot. Rob