Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 15:57:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Viktor Lazlo <viktorlazlo@telus.net> To: yo _ <exhausted01@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Custom FreeBSD boot floppy?? Message-ID: <20031025155557.U4266@njamn8or.no-ip.org> In-Reply-To: <F12jtPIMt8KmEmLBTrd0000cbbf@hotmail.com> References: <F12jtPIMt8KmEmLBTrd0000cbbf@hotmail.com>
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On Sat, 25 Oct 2003, 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. Have you tried repairing the MBR with: boot0cfg -B /dev/ad0 (or whatever disk you are trying to reset it on)? Cheers, Viktor
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