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From: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Subject: Re: Installing (Last one for tonight)
Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.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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