Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 23:23:20 -0800 From: "Duke Normandin" <01031149@3web.net> To: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Making a Boot Disk -- followup Message-ID: <001601bf4929$2a972ae0$9899c5d1@webserver>
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With the help of Alejandro Ramirez I managed to make a "boot" disk for my system. The following procedure may be useful for others whose systems cannot tolerate a boot manager. My system has 2 HDDs: wd0 -->Win95 with Ontrack Disk Overlay; wd1 -->FBSD 3.3Release. BootEasy hoses my MBR and wd0 is compressed so I can't use FIPS. Therefore I've had to boot from the Install disks -->kern.flp, quickly interrupting the boot process and typing 1:wd(1,a)/kernel. But I'm lazy, and wanted to automate the deal. Here's how I did it: 1. c:\freebsd\fdimage kern.flp a: --> label it "Boot Disk" 2. reboot off "Boot Disk" 3. Interrupt booting and type 1:wd(1,a)/kernel 4. login as root 5. mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/flp 6. cd /mnt/flp 7. ee boot.config -->add at the end of the file -> 1:wd(1,a)/kernel 8. cd / 9. umount /mnt/flp 10. reboot -->using "Boot Disk" After 5 seconds delay, my system booted off my 2nd HDD. Thanks Ales for pointing me in the right direction. Maybe the above will help someone else. later....duke To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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