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Date:      Fri, 3 Nov 1995 13:30:30 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        gena@NetVision.net.il
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: boot code
Message-ID:  <199511030300.NAA10951@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.951102140443.gena@NetVision.net.il> from "Gennady Sorokopud" at Nov 2, 95 02:03:46 pm

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Gennady Sorokopud stands accused of saying:
> 
> Hello!
> 
> I recently moved my FreeBSD-current to new SCSI disk.
> Everything went fine, but unfortunately i can't boot any more.
> 
> OSBS complaints about "missing operating system" even after i reinstalled
> it, but i can perfectly boot if i load freebsd install diskette
> and specify at boot prompt: sd(0,a)/kernel .

"Missing Operating System" is not an OS-BS error message; it's a common
BIOS one though.

If it's OS-BS complaining, the message would be "No operating system" -
can you confirm which one you are seeing?

> So, how can i restore the bootstrap program? (disklabel -B sd0 does
> not do that job).

disklabel -r -B sd0 is probably what you want.

>  Gennady B. Sorokopud - System programmer at NetVision Israel.

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