Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 19:35:28 +0200 (MET DST) From: "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> To: tony@thing.sunquest.com (Tony Jones) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot manager question Message-ID: <199509141735.TAA07864@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> In-Reply-To: <9509141746.AA17181@thing.sunquest.com> from "Tony Jones" at Sep 14, 95 10:46:40 am
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> > I've read the diskspace.faq and all other related docs, but have a question > on how to configure the FreeBSD boot manager. > > When FreeBSD is marked active (0x80) in the MBR, and control is transferred > to the FreeBSD boot sector, where is the configuration loaded from ? (i.e > the list of bootable areas) > > Does the FreeBSD boot manager go back and re-read the MBR displaying the > other bootable slices ? and when one is selected basically transfer control > to the disc are specified in the MBR. > > I know Linux has a ascii configuration file, and thus I was expecting an > equivalent for FreeBSD, but I guess not. > > Is the answer to the above documented anywhere ? I cannot comment on this. Maybe someone else jumps in. > > ----- > > My other question: > > Currently, I am 100% scsi (2 discs, NCR controller). > > If I add a IDE disc, will the system always attempt to boot from this disc > i.e I will have to install the FreeBSD boot manager on the IDE disc ? Depends on whether you enable the IDE disks in the CMOS. If you enable the IDE disks the BIOS will boot from your IDE disks. There is at least one bootmanager I know which is able to boot from multiple disks/controllers (OSBS20B8.EXE). If you want to boot IDE disks and SCSI disks as well I would install the boot manager on either disks. The FreeBSD Boot: prompt allows you to boot from sd when wd is also present and vice versa. > > System is a ASUS P55TP4XE. > > thanks > > tony >
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