From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 4 19:48:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA20825 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 4 Oct 1996 19:48:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA20820 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 1996 19:48:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id TAA01281; Fri, 4 Oct 1996 19:48:46 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 19:48:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: wb2oyc@cyberenet.net cc: questions@freebsd.com Subject: Re: boot problem ? 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 Fri, 4 Oct 1996 wb2oyc@cyberenet.net wrote: > 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. I don't quite know what's going on, it should work fine. In any case, to reinstall the boot manager: 1) If you are running Windows95 or NT, find a DOS disk and boot from it. Win95 and NT lock the MBR while they are running and won't allow you to install the boot manager. 2) On the CDROM in /tools or at ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/(2.1.5-RELEASE?)/tools there is a "bootinst.exe" utility and boot.bin file. Run bootinst. 3) Your boot manager is now installed. FreeBSD also provides the OS-BS Boot Manager is booteasy is giving you pains. OS-BS is a bit more robust than booteasy and may help in your situaion where booteasy is having trouble finding & booting your disk. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major