From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 14 06:34:05 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 661AA37B401 for ; Mon, 14 Jul 2003 06:34:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailgate.packet.org.uk (public2-with1-3-cust50.bagu.broadband.ntl.com [80.5.52.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0674B43FAF for ; Mon, 14 Jul 2003 06:32:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fbsd-x@packet.org.uk) Received: from xaphod by mailgate.packet.org.uk with local (Exim 4.20) id 19c3RY-000OdD-5H; Mon, 14 Jul 2003 13:32:40 +0000 Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 14:32:40 +0100 From: Peter McGarvey To: Ian Freislich Message-ID: <20030714133240.GA94524@packet.org.uk> References: <92052.1058187361@mci.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <92052.1058187361@mci.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Making a disk bootable... X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 13:34:05 -0000 * Ian Freislich [2003-07-14 13:58:39 BST]: > Hi > > This might sound like a really simple question, but what used to > work no longer does. How do you partition, label and make a disk > bootable? And this may sound like a really stupid answer, but have you considered using /stand/sysinstall? > I've used fdisk to create one slice (da0s1). I then used bsdlabel > to make make the partitions a, b, e and f. Then to put the boot > block on 'disklabel -B /dev/da0s1' - if I 'disklabel -B /dev/da0' > it trashes the label. Then I copy all my filesystems off the IDE > drive I'm trying to rid myself of onto the SCSI disk. When I tell > the BIOS to boot off SCSI, it complains 'Missing Operating System'. > > So I try to dd the first 512 bytes of ad0 onto da0. The BIOS now > doesn't complain about a missing operating system, it just hangs > and the label on da0 is trashed. > > So, after about 7 cycles of fdisk, label, newfs, dump, restore, > boot SCSI die 'Missing Operating System', boot IDE I give up and > try to use sysinstall compiled on July 9 from sources of the same > thinking 'surely the installer must be able to make a disk bootable'. > It can't either. BTW, it doesn't even make the filesystems when > you 'w'rite the changes in the label editor, even though it say's > it's makeing the filesystems. So for the moment, I have to keep > the IDE disk just for the MBR and type '1:da(0,a)/boot/loader' which > is a bit inconvenient. > > Does anyone have any suggestions short of putting the disks I want > labeled in a -STABLE box (which will be a major PITA since my -STABLE > box doesn't have SCSI and the controler is on-board on my -CURRENT > box)? > > Ian > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- TTFN, FNORD Peter McGarvey Freelance FreeBSD Hacker (will work for bandwidth)