From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 27 06:08:10 1994 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id GAA15096 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 27 Dec 1994 06:08:10 -0800 Received: from gilbertr.npt.nuwc.navy.mil (GILBERTR.NPT.NUWC.NAVY.MIL [129.190.75.33]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id OAA15089 for ; Tue, 27 Dec 1994 14:08:03 GMT Received: (from root@localhost) by gilbertr.npt.nuwc.navy.mil (8.6.9/8.6.9) id JAA19502 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 27 Dec 1994 09:06:47 GMT Date: Tue, 27 Dec 1994 09:06:47 GMT From: Charlie Root Message-Id: <199412270906.JAA19502@gilbertr.npt.nuwc.navy.mil> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >I tried booting the floppy, when it asked for the boot device I entered >'hd(1,0)/kernel' as directed. The boot started up from drive 2, probed >the buses, and then said it was rebooting in 15 seconds. When this reboot >took place, up came DOS (I had no chance to intervene.). > >Is this the code in \tools\dos_tool\srcs\bteasy ? (ps. the INSTALL doc >typos the path with 'dos-tool'. >I am suspending installation until I can clear this. Is it possible to make >up a file that could be put on a boot floppy that simply transfers the boot >to drive 2 or whatever? > > >Rip Toren >rpt@miles.sso.loral.com Are you literally typing 'hd(1,0)/kernel' ? I made that mistake (cf. my mail a week ago). Instead of hd(1,0)/kernel type 'wd(1,a)/kernel' for an IDE drive, or the equivalent for SCSI. I used the whole second drive for FreeBSD - installed with the (U) command (not (B)), but I believe(?) you can use (B) for the second drive also. Bob Gilbert GILBERTR@wpn.npt.nuwc.navy.mil and sometimes root@gilbertr.npt.nuwc.navy.mil