From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 3 11:41:02 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id LAA25522 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 3 Nov 1995 11:41:02 -0800 Received: from ref.tfs.com (ref.tfs.com [140.145.254.251]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id LAA25517 for ; Fri, 3 Nov 1995 11:40:59 -0800 Received: (from julian@localhost) by ref.tfs.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id LAA28075; Fri, 3 Nov 1995 11:40:12 -0800 From: Julian Elischer Message-Id: <199511031940.LAA28075@ref.tfs.com> Subject: Re: boot code To: gena@NetVision.net.il Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 11:40:12 -0800 (PST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Gennady Sorokopud" at Nov 3, 95 10:46:13 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1793 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > Hello! > > On Fri Nov 3 03:05:55 1995 Michael Smith wrote: > [skipped] > > > >"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? > > Yes, you right , it's: "No operating system" :-) > > > > >> 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. > > Does not work either. > Booting from floppy every time just makes me sick...:-( use "fdisk -u /dev/rsd0" when asked about geometry, specify the BIOS geometry. (for an adaptec this is usually 64 heads, 32 sectors.. use boot: -v to see exactly what) and then allow it to automatically calculate the beginning and end sectors/cylinders/heads after just accepting the default figures for the BSD partition. (run fdisk several times first to get used to it, but always answering 'NO' to the last question when it asks if it should write out the new MBR) > > > > >> 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! [[ > > -------- > Gennady B. Sorokopud - System programmer at NetVision Israel. > E-Mail: Gennady Sorokopud > Homepage: http://www.netvision.net.il/~gena > > This message was sent at 11/03/95 10:45:34 by XF-Mail > >