Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 09:52:11 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing (Last one for tonight) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9811020951180.454-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <199811012004.MAA05384@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, Simon Shapiro wrote: > > > Please elaborate on the ``not made bootable'' part. I finished the install > > > (like I said elsewhere) and am terrified that it will not reboot (took many > > > hours to install ftp...) > > > > You need to type something like this before shutting down: > > > > # disklabel -B -b /usr/mdec/boot1 /dev/rda0c > > # cp /usr/mdec/loader /boot > > You forgot to copy boot2 from/to the same location. This will lead to > a mild disaster (although you can boot the install kernel, not change > the floppy so the mfsroot.gz load fails, and it will come up using the > harddisk as root). In my locally built snapshot, boot2 has been renamed to loader so this bit worked fine. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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