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From: obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu (David E. O'Brien)
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Subject: Re: New Install / Observations & Gripes
To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 20:03:50 -0800 (PST)
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960108100908.1609D-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> from "Doug White" at Jan 8, 96 10:17:15 am
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> > 1)  What the heck is the second cd-rom (live filesystem) supposed to be
> > used for. (Couldn't find anything on that at all, neither in the 
> > little guide or in the docs.)
> 
> I wish I knew too :-) -- I think it's for reference purposes.  (Someone 
> help me here)


For fools like me that want to install all the source code to FreeBSD and
X11R6 (Xfree86) with out dedicating 300+ meg of hard disk space to it.
Using the ``lndir'' command in /usr/X11R6/bin you can make a nice link
tree to the source on the cdrom.


> > 3)  How can I get the boot floppy to automatically boot my wd1(1,a)/kernel
> > without having to type it in every time?  (I'm still not brave enough, nor
> > do I see how to install the boot manager without re-doing the entire install.)
> 
> You have to rebuild the boot disk.  You don't want to do that.
> 
> The boot manager, in my experience, won't work on a second disk. 
> 
> SO, I would recommend pulling the `os-bs' utility from the tools/dos 
> directory off the CD and installing that.  OS-BS is a fancy boot manager 
> that will support the second disk OK.


Agreed that OS-BS (use the beta one -- it's ok) is much prettier and
nicer interface than booteasy.  However, booteasy will definately boot
FreeBSD from the second disk.  I've heard of some cases where it would
and OS-BS wouldn't.  To install booteasy if you didn't do it from the
install, simply use the booteasy package (bootinst.exe) from the cdrom in
the tools directory from MS-DOS.

-- David   (obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu)