Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 16:58:38 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: easyboot far into disk Message-ID: <382682AE.86B03706@newsguy.com> References: <199911062057.MAA07266@dingo.cdrom.com> <3825A36E.5920209D@nisser.com>
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Roelof Osinga wrote: > > > > - the install disks could be used to access ones root disk > > > > They can. > > So people keep telling me. I spend over a week on it an I tell you > they can't. Not in any sensible way, that is. Compared to this, say, > Linux is pure bliss. You pop in the disk enter the root and you're off. > Better yet, the process is described in the installation README. Even > a newbie can do that, especially with some handholding. Mmmmm.... how about: 1) boot the installation disks until sysinstall comes up. 2) select the Fixit option (the one that mentiones a shell, y'know) on the main menu. Granted, this requires either a fixit disk (you got mfsroot and kern, right? it should be easy to get the fixit) or the cd-rom (I expect most newbies to have a cd-rom available) for you to be able to access the root disk "in a sensible way". (You'd otherwise have to go to Custom/Disklabel/Commit, which is... scary. :-) -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org What y'all wanna do? Wanna be hackers? Code crackers? Slackers Wastin' time with all the chatroom yakkers? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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