Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 08:20:54 +0200 From: alexandre.delay@free.fr To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <garys@opusnet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Migrate primary disk (duplicate) Message-ID: <1122963654.42ef10c6aaf0a@imp6-q.free.fr> In-Reply-To: <s1zms12svm.ms1@mail.opusnet.com> References: <MAEBLPAGHGPMOKCBICBNOEKPCHAA.alexandre.delay@free.fr> <s1zms12svm.ms1@mail.opusnet.com>
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> > I made several tests. the exact problem is to install the freebsd boot > > manager. > > But your "fdisk -B -b /boot/boot0" should have done that. I'm not > sure if it has defaults that would work for you though. boot0cfg > tells you what defaults it will use and lets you change them. I agree with you that fdisk and boot0cfg ?!should!? have done that. I tried a lot of different commands: fdisk -B... fdisk -b /boot/boot0... boot0cfg -B ... boot0cfg -b /boot/boot0 ... > > If I use any command line utility to restore the boot manager, it doesnt > > work. > > Does "any" include "boot0cfg"? yes > > If I use /stand/sysinstall, choose fdisk and "Install the FreeBSD boot > > Manager", it works > > > > What is the exact command line for this? > > Depends upon what you want. Read boot0cfg manpage; it's short. > I used this once: > > boot0cfg -Bv -o packet,noupdate -s 3 -t 9999 ad0 I'll try this this evening.
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