From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 25 14:23:48 2003 Return-Path: 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 B5DA516A4B3 for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 14:23:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from copper.plainold.net (copper.plainold.net [213.167.142.184]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 202EA43F3F for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 14:23:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from imp@hell.is) X-AuthUser: imp@hell.is Received: from mercury.solar.system (213.167.142.180) by copper.plainold.net with [XMail 1.11 (Linux/Ix86) ESMTP Server] id for from ; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 21:18:36 -0000 From: Dofri Jonsson To: yo _ In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8-3.1mdk Date: 25 Oct 2003 21:21:44 +0000 Message-Id: <1067116905.25127.11.camel@mercury.solar.system> Mime-Version: 1.0 cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Custom FreeBSD boot floppy?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 21:23:48 -0000 Hi. Go to http://people.freebsd.org/~picobsd/picobsd.html and download the BootFORTH demo (floppy image) (Direct link: http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/bootldr.bin ) Copy it to a floppy (using dd(1)) and you have a boot floppy that you can mount (it has a ufs filesystem) and customize. You can also create a bootable floppy manually by following the instructions in The Handbook, but the picobsd floppy image is a great starting point for this kind of thing. Dofri On Sat, 2003-10-25 at 18:44, yo _ wrote: > Hi Everyone! > > The MBR on my hard disk is corrupted (or sometimes is), after re-installing > FreeBSD it was not overwritten and fixed even though the complete system > was. So when i need to boot i use the bootcds i used to install FreeBSD and > at boot0 i press any key (during rapid / - \ - spinnings) and boot my hard > drive using the command "0:ad(a,0)/boot/loader". When there is a power > failure, it requires me to go back to the system and repeat the process. > > How could i make a custom boot floppy (or even boot cd) to load > "0:ad(a,0)/boot/loader" automatically, since the MBR never gets repaired > (however many times i've tried). If this information is already documented > somewhere, a point in the right direction will be more than sufficient, even > if the information is about MBR repair and installation of the FreeBSD boot > loader. > > I am using 4.8-RELEASE, thanks to all in advance! > -Rian Hunter > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send instant messages to anyone on your contact list with MSN Messenger > 6.0. Try it now FREE! http://msnmessenger-download.com > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"