From owner-freebsd-alpha Sun Nov 1 12:06:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA27737 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 12:06:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles355.castles.com [208.214.167.55]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA27717 for ; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 12:06:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA05384; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 12:04:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199811012004.MAA05384@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Doug Rabson cc: Simon Shapiro , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, Mike Smith Subject: Re: Installing (Last one for tonight) In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 01 Nov 1998 17:13:21 GMT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 12:04:41 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > 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