Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 08:54:46 -0700 From: Albert Kinderman <albert.kinderman@csun.edu> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Boot Hard Drive from Floppy? Message-ID: <3B9CE246.5080508@csun.edu>
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I installed FreeBSD on a partition that begins above 8GB. I can boot to it if I boot the machine (PC) with the mfsroot floppy in the floppy drive. The first response is No /boot/loader I then get a boot prompt with the default being the floppy drive. I instead type in the drive where FreeBSD is installed boot: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel and the boot continues on the hard drive. I would like to create a floppy that has the correct information on it so that the boot starts on the floppy (boot0, 1, and 2 ?) and then automatically moves to the hard drive to continue (/boot/loader ?) What files do I need on my boot floppy to automate the boot process? thanks, Al P.S. at the boot prompt, why don't I have to tell FreeBSD the slice to look for? Are the other partitions (W2000) invisible? Also, sometimes I get a message part of the way through the kernel loading, telling me it can't mount root. I get a prompt where I enter the correct filetype and device: mountroot> ufs:/dev/ad0s3a I'm curious as to why it can find the correct slice most of the time but sometimes need a little help. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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