From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 5 19:47:10 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA07827 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 5 Sep 1996 19:47:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts16-line1.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.201]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA07822 for ; Thu, 5 Sep 1996 19:47:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id TAA00281; Thu, 5 Sep 1996 19:47:09 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 19:47:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: "Christopher J. Michaels" cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot Question In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 5 Sep 1996, Christopher J. Michaels wrote: > How do I set up my system so that I can boot FreeBSD off my second > physical harddrive, without haveing the install disk in the floppy drive. > I remember the installation said something about being promped to do > this later in the installation. But I never was. Anyone know? Assuming you do not require an overlay to support your big hard disk drive, you can install a 'boot manager' to allow booting off the second disk. On the CD or in /tools on the ftp site, there are two files, 'bootinst.exe' and 'boot.bin'. Grab both files and run bootinst.exe. Next time you reboot, you'll get a menu which will allow you to boot the first or second disk. This program is called 'booteasy' and is what is installed in sysinstall. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major