Date: Fri, 04 Oct 1996 18:29:01 -0400 (EDT) From: wb2oyc@cyberenet.net To: questions@freebsd.com Cc: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> Subject: Re: boot problem ? Message-ID: <XFMail.961004185834.wb2oyc@cyberenet.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961003193424.230F-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On 23:34:41 Doug White wrote: >>On Wed, 2 Oct 1996 wb2oyc@cyberenet.net wrote: > >> Earlier today, I installed 2.1.0 on a machine at work via ftp. I asked >> it to install the bootmgr. It did so, but..... Doug, How can this be so? I had previously installed FreeBSD on this very same machine/partition! Both times doing precisely the same thing; installing via ftp, and allowing the "auto" disklabel to name/size or whatever FreeBSD calls it during the process. Since the installation works in all respects EXCEPT booting, the question really is how do I install the boot-manager again, and have it work? I can run it if I boot from floppy, and enter this at the boot: prompt: wd(0,a)/kernel. That works fine and the system runs as expected. So, how do I correct the boot manager problem? I've blown it away with an fdisk /MBR from DOS. I just need to know how to go about reinstalling it. Paul
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