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Date:      Wed, 19 Apr 2000 08:08:44 -0400 (EDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Simon J Mudd <sjmudd@pobox.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: boot on SCSI gets stuck at F1 Freebsd
Message-ID:  <200004191208.IAA51604@server.baldwin.cx>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10004182357360.17524-100000@phoenix.ea4els.ampr.org>

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On 18-Apr-00 Simon J Mudd wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, John Baldwin wrote:
> 
>> On 18-Apr-00 Simon J Mudd wrote:
>> > I'm having trouble booting from a SCSI disk into FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE and
>> > 4.0-STABLE.
>> > 
>> > The boot gets stuck at "F1 Freebsd" and then doesn't do anything.
> 
>> man boot0cfg.  You want to turn on packet mode in boot0 it sounds like.
> 
> I think this is what I'm looking for.  Shame there's no reference to it
> in the loader or boot man pages. It's also missing some examples, but I
> think this is what I'm looking for.

That's because boot0 isn't really part of the FreeBSD bootstrap.
It is just an extra utility used to replace the standard MBR boot
loader.  It is mentioned in the Handbook's section on booting.

> Thanks,
> 
> Simon
> -- 
> Simon J Mudd, Madrid SPAIN    Tel: +34-91-408 4878    email: sjmudd@pobox.com

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