Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 02:46:45 +0100 (CET) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, dfr@nlsystems.com, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, msmith@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing boot? Message-ID: <199812050146.CAA05084@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <199812050111.RAA01174@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Dec 4, 98 05:11:20 pm"
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As Mike Smith wrote... > > > Please insert MFS root floppy and press enter: > > > > > > load: can't find '/mfsroot' > > > > > > Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. > > > > Hmmmm. OK, over to Mike at this point - I thought it was supposed > > to find /mfsroot.gz automagically but evidently that's now broken. > > Sure would be nice if we could just work out whether it's going to > > be "magic" or not and just stick to it. :) > > Make sure that you're using an up-to-date /boot/loader, and then try > 'ls' on the floppy in question please. I understand I need mfsroot.gz on a UFS formatted floppy. I'll try this tomorrow. Need some sleep & get rid of some surplus beer first ;-) (02:45 now) Wilko _ ______________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl |/|/ / / /( (_) Arnhem, The Netherlands WWW : http://www.tcja.nl ______________________________________________ Powered by FreeBSD __________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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