Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 11:07:30 PDT From: Anthony Perry <anthonyp@cse.ucsc.edu> To: support@cdrom.com, questions@freebsd.org Cc: anthonyp@cse.ucsc.edu Subject: question on boot manager Message-ID: <199908231807.LAA05824@arapaho.cse.ucsc.edu>
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Hello,
I am having a problem installing the boot manager that shipped with the
fbsd cdrom. I followed the directions given in the istallation: I run
'bootinst boot.bin'. For some reason I get an error 3 when updating the
boot record on disk 0. Can I get some feedback on this problem?
Tony
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Output from bootinst
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C:\fbsd>bootinst boot.bin
Boot installer, version 1.7, Copyright (C) Serge Vakulenko
This utility allows you to install new boot program on your
hard disk. The usage is:
bootinst [bootfile]
It installs boot block from bootfile (default boot.bin) to the first
drive and, if second drive is present, to the second drive.
Old boot sectors are saved to bootsav.bin and boot2sav.bin respectively.
You can copy and distribute this software free of charge,
provided that sources are included. No warranty, of course.
Continue with installation? (yes/no) y
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
¦ ¦Partition¦Can ¦Boot¦ Beginning ¦ Ending ¦ Relative¦Number of¦
¦N¦ Type ¦Boot¦Part¦Head Cyl Sect¦Head Cyl Sect¦ Sectors ¦ Sectors ¦
+-+---------+----+----+---------------+---------------+---------+---------¦
¦1¦ ????? ¦ yes¦ yes¦ 1 ¦ 0 ¦ 1 ¦254 ¦1021 ¦ 63 ¦ 63 ¦16498692 ¦
+-+---------+----+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+---------¦
¦2¦ empty ¦ no ¦ no ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦
+-+---------+----+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+---------¦
¦3¦ empty ¦ no ¦ no ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦
+-+---------+----+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+---------¦
¦4¦ empty ¦ no ¦ no ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Are you sure you want to install new boot on disk 0? (yes/no) y
Error 3 updating boot record on disk 0
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
¦ ¦Partition¦Can ¦Boot¦ Beginning ¦ Ending ¦ Relative¦Number of¦
¦N¦ Type ¦Boot¦Part¦Head Cyl Sect¦Head Cyl Sect¦ Sectors ¦ Sectors ¦
+-+---------+----+----+---------------+---------------+---------+---------¦
¦1¦ 386bsd ¦ yes¦ yes¦ 1 ¦ 0 ¦ 1 ¦254 ¦1023 ¦ 63 ¦ 63 ¦16498692 ¦
+-+---------+----+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+---------¦
¦2¦ empty ¦ no ¦ no ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦
+-+---------+----+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+---------¦
¦3¦ empty ¦ no ¦ no ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦
+-+---------+----+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+---------¦
¦4¦ empty ¦ no ¦ no ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Are you sure you want to install new boot on disk 1? (yes/no) n
C:\fbsd>
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