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Subject: Re: i2000, how to configure boot?
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On Tue, 2008-12-23 at 21:48 -0800, Kendall Shaw wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I bought a used HP i2000 and it looks like I managed to install freebsd
> 7.0, but I have no idea how to cause it to boot freebsd from the hard
> disk. In the boot options menu I can add a boot option and I can see
> some files like GENERIC and loader.efi. Selecting loader.efi and adding
> a label for it in the boot menu and attempting to boot from it did not
> work (it complains that it doesn't exist). What do I need to do to cause
> it to boot?
> 
> Kendall

A variation on the same question: If I were to try to boot the machine
from a pxeboot server, what files would it need to serve?

Kendall