Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 22:31:31 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: jim flournoy <bsdspaceman@yahoo.com> Cc: binary@binary.ath.cx, kris@obsecurity.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I still can't get my net install to work from CDrom Message-ID: <20010815223131.C58554@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20010816045653.83347.qmail@web20203.mail.yahoo.com>; from bsdspaceman@yahoo.com on Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 09:56:53PM -0700 References: <20010815230306.C1931@binary.ath.cx> <20010816045653.83347.qmail@web20203.mail.yahoo.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 09:56:53PM -0700, jim flournoy wrote: > da0 with os and bsd boot loader > da1 as secondary file system and standard mbr > > da1 with os and bsd boot loader > da0 as secondary file system and standard mbr > > I've also tried leaving the mbr unchanged on the hd > with the secondary file system. All these options > either lead to a message that says "Operating System > Missing" or just having the bootloader beep annoyingly > at me. > > Now I have installed the boot loader on both disks. > da1 has the tradition / and da0 has /fs2 (my secondary > filesystem) > > It now beeps at me then says > > F1 FreeBSD > F5 Drive 1 > > Default: F5 Well, did you try pressing F1? :-) That's presumably where you installed FreeBSD, and your Drive 1 presumably has a boot record (which you probably installed) but no bootable OS (which is why it shows up simply as "Drive 1" and you can't boot from it). Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7e1qzWry0BWjoQKURAr1+AKCFvDEnZ9Wy7m7AnfBTnmoiAxbVggCgmPJj MbbSQmN1x7mMPxHU4Qo7+LM= =LTHN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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