Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 11:33:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Atle Veka <atlev@mail.flyingcroc.net> To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Subject: Problem with automated install (Missing operating system) Message-ID: <20020619112924.V58576-100000@gilliam.users.flyingcroc.net>
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Hi all, I got no reply to my question at the main list, so I'm posting it here as this list has less traffic and maybe I'll have better luck. It's sort of on topic, but mainly not.. Sorry :) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Hi, A quick intro on what I currently have; I've slapped an install.cfg (sysinstall conf) onto the mfsroot floppy which installs the distributions etc that I want. I have one boot disk which requires user interaction depending on what type of installation, then the correct mfsroot floppy is put in. Problem: On newer systems this all works great. It installs smoothly, boots up and is ready to go. However, on older systems the install process itself goes smooth, but then when it boots up the bootstrap says "Missing operating system". Same disks, same 4.5-RELEASE. I've played around with this for some time now, doing manual disklabel/fdisk commands to try to set up the boot process that somehow fails on the older machines with no luck. Has anyone encountered this problem, or have any ideas on where to look? I would greatly appreciate any insight. Thanks! Atle - Flying Crocodile Inc, Unix Systems Administrator To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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