Date: 25 Oct 2003 21:21:44 +0000 From: Dofri Jonsson <imp@hell.is> To: yo _ <exhausted01@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Custom FreeBSD boot floppy?? Message-ID: <1067116905.25127.11.camel@mercury.solar.system> In-Reply-To: <F12jtPIMt8KmEmLBTrd0000cbbf@hotmail.com> References: <F12jtPIMt8KmEmLBTrd0000cbbf@hotmail.com>
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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"
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