From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 2 18:58:31 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id SAA05881 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 2 Nov 1995 18:58:31 -0800 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id SAA05873 for ; Thu, 2 Nov 1995 18:58:27 -0800 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id NAA10951; Fri, 3 Nov 1995 13:30:31 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199511030300.NAA10951@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: boot code To: gena@NetVision.net.il Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 13:30:30 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Gennady Sorokopud" at Nov 2, 95 02:03:46 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1162 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk 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! [[