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. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[
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