Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 15:42:15 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: joe@ns.via.net (Joe McGuckin) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: You're in a maze of twisty little boots... Message-ID: <199507190612.PAA07878@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199507190533.WAA16896@ns.via.net> from "Joe McGuckin" at Jul 18, 95 10:33:20 pm
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Joe McGuckin stands accused of saying: > The first boot program asks me to choose F1 for dos > or F5 for FreeBSD. Hmm, is it F5 for FreeBSD, or F5 for disk 2? The latter I'm familiar with, the former not. > After selecting F5 I am once again asked to choose a function key: this time > it F1 for FreeBSD, F2 for FreeBSD, F3 for FreeBSD, F5 for dos... > > Well, you get the picture. > > How do I fix this? Obviously I can boot using the boot pgm on the floppy, but > THEN what? It looks like you wrote the bootmanage to the second disk; this shouldn't be a drama, pressing F1 at the second prompt should boot FreeBSD. If not, then something kooky is happening. > I assume that I need to write the boot program out to the FreeBSD boot disk. > > What is the EXACT command I need to use? I've tried various 'disklabel' > commands without success. Hmm. This is actually an MBR thing, not a disklabel thing per se. IIRC, disklabel -r -B <disk> should do the trick; your ultimate goal is to end up with the "normal" bootcode on the disk, presuming that all youi have on your second disk is FreeBSD. > Joe -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[
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