Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 12:04:41 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> Cc: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Subject: Re: Installing (Last one for tonight) Message-ID: <199811012004.MAA05384@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 01 Nov 1998 17:13:21 GMT." <Pine.BSF.4.01.9811011709280.367-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
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> On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, Simon Shapiro wrote: > > Please elaborate on the ``not made bootable'' part. I finished the install > > (like I said elsewhere) and am terrified that it will not reboot (took many > > hours to install ftp...) > > You need to type something like this before shutting down: > > # disklabel -B -b /usr/mdec/boot1 /dev/rda0c > # cp /usr/mdec/loader /boot You forgot to copy boot2 from/to the same location. This will lead to a mild disaster (although you can boot the install kernel, not change the floppy so the mfsroot.gz load fails, and it will come up using the harddisk as root). -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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