Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:11:20 -0600 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Chuck Bacon <crtb@cape.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: More on strange 8.0 issues Message-ID: <6201873e1002120711j61c06b83u99bc5edb736bf81@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1002120920070.1334@tomato.local> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1002120920070.1334@tomato.local>
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On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Chuck Bacon <crtb@cape.com> wrote: > I have two CD-DVD drives, one PATA and one SATA. Neither can > burn a CD, returning either busy or error. I had to burn the > 8.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso CD on my old iBook! And yes, I > also replaced the ATA drive with one from another box. > It's really extremely difficult to assist you with the amout of information you provide. Why would you not include the specific commands you've tried and their error messages? Have you tried the burning a cd instructions presented in the handbook? Take note of the cdrtools section as that may be more useful than burncd depending on you situtation. Final issue, probably no answer. I installed a ubuntu distro > on my /dev/ad0s2, with -s1 and -s3 remaining FreeBSD (no -s4). > My boot loader shows > F1 FreeBSD (an older 8.0-RELEASE, GENERIC) > F2 Linux (new ubuntu) > F3 FreeBSD (/backup) > F5 Drive 1 (a couple more 8.0-RELEASEs :-) > When I hit F2, I get the the first FreeBSD. Linux is bypassed. > When I installed ubuntu from the CD I didn't rewrite the boot. > Could I have boot FreeBSD if I had installed grub? Yes grub can boot freebsd. -- Adam Vande More
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