From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 26 21:21:36 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA20391 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 26 Sep 1996 21:21:36 -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 VAA20361 for ; Thu, 26 Sep 1996 21:21:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id VAA02077; Thu, 26 Sep 1996 21:21:28 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 21:21:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Ric Flinn cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing bootstrap code In-Reply-To: <199609261818.NAA29148@friley10.res.iastate.edu> 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, 26 Sep 1996, Ric Flinn wrote: > I have freebsd-current installed on my 2nd SCSI drive. The install program > failed to install any bootstrap code to the disk, so my boot manager does not > find any operating system. I know I could install bootstrap code by using > disklabel -B -w disk label > but the install program doesnt give a label for the disk in the disktab. Is > there another way to install bootstrap code to the disk? Try 'auto' for the disk type. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major