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Date:      Sun, 22 Jan 1995 21:26:25 -0500 (EST)
From:      "matthew c. mead" <mmead@goof.com>
To:        hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   writing bootcode; need a method
Message-ID:  <199501230226.VAA08808@goof.com>

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    Does anyone know how to write the FreeBSD bootcode despite the fact that
disklabel doesn't like the way sysinstall sets up the drives?  My setup is
this: I have an IDE drive (for a couple doom games and such), so I still want
FreeBSD to boot off sd0.  I need to put the bootmanager on the wd0 drive, and
then to run FreeBSD, point it to disk 2.  Then I've got to manually type in
hd(1,a)/kernel each time it boots.  I know how to modify the bootcode and
rebuild it, but disklabel won't write the bootcode, cause it doesn't like how
sysinstall set things up...  Any ideas?


-matt

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Virginia Tech Center for Transportation Research
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