Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 09:23:46 -0500 From: "Lane Holcombe" <lholcombe@ddyne.com> To: <support@cdrom.com>, <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Fw: How to boot freebsd? Message-ID: <001701be88dd$e822d760$4b384ec7@lholcombe>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01BE88B3.FE8C8CA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Lane Holcombe=20 To: support@cdrom.com ; questions@freebsd.org=20 Sent: Saturday, April 10, 1999 8:42 AM Subject: How to boot freebsd? I have just completed installation of freeBSD 3.1 from cdrom, but i = cannot seem to convince my computer that freeBSD exists on the = harddrive. Please help. I have one Seagate 34520A on controller zero which has a FAT, EXTENDED, = and FREEBSD partition. I believe that the freeBSD partition is named = wd0s3, because I can actually MOUNT that partition when using cdrom2 as = a 'live file system'. =20 =20 Anyway .... When the system first starts up, I get the "boot:" prompt. I type in = "0:wd(x,a)? [where x is any number from 0 to 9]" and I get the error = "not ufs." I have also replaced the 'a" with values up to and = including "f" lane ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01BE88B3.FE8C8CA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2014.210" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20 <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20 href=3D"mailto:lholcombe@ddyne.com" title=3Dlholcombe@ddyne.com>Lane = Holcombe</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A href=3D"mailto:support@cdrom.com"=20 title=3Dsupport@cdrom.com>support@cdrom.com</A> ; <A=20 href=3D"mailto:questions@freebsd.org"=20 title=3Dquestions@freebsd.org>questions@freebsd.org</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 10, 1999 8:42 AM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> How to boot freebsd?</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have just completed installation of = freeBSD 3.1=20 from cdrom, but i cannot seem to convince my computer that freeBSD = exists on the=20 harddrive. Please help.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have one Seagate 34520A on = controller zero=20 which has a FAT, EXTENDED, and FREEBSD partition. I believe that = the=20 freeBSD partition is named wd0s3, because I can actually MOUNT that = partition=20 when using cdrom2 as a 'live file system'. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Anyway ....</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>When the system first starts up, I get = the "boot:"=20 prompt. I type in "0:wd(x,a)? [where x is any number from 0 to 9]" = and I=20 get the error "not ufs." I have also replaced the 'a" with = values up=20 to and including "f"</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>lane</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01BE88B3.FE8C8CA0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?001701be88dd$e822d760$4b384ec7>