Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 16:36:02 -0500 (EST) From: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> Subject: Re: Installing (Last one for tonight) Message-ID: <XFMail.981101163602.shimon@simon-shapiro.org> In-Reply-To: <199811012004.MAA05384@dingo.cdrom.com>
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Mike Smith, On 01-Nov-98 you wrote:
> > 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).
I did not copy boot2 because it does not exist in /usr/mdec. Not even
after make installworld. It exists in the i386 world, though.
I managed to boot by telling the SRM: boot -file kernel.GENERIC dkc0
BTW, who collects packages, etc.? I installed the ports and am slowly
compiling packages as I need them. I know the web page has a table of
success rates...
Simon
Sincerely Yours, Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG
770.265.7340
Simon Shapiro
Unwritten code has no bugs and executes at twice the speed of mouth
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