Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 18:15:23 +1000 From: Robert Chalmers <robert@chalmers.com.au> To: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Trying to set up a bootable, boot partition. SCSI Message-ID: <35E1211B.711998CD@chalmers.com.au>
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Is there any way of setting up a boot/root partition using the disklabel
procedures, on a SCSI drive anyway, or can it only be done using the
sysinstall/fdisk utility?
The process of ;
I used the method as described in the manual,
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rsd2 bs=1k count=1
disklabel -Brw sd2 auto
disklabel -e sd2
although it sets up a drive that can be used as, in this case, the third drive
in the chain, still doesn't set it up with an active/boot sector.
In other words, placing the drive in SCSI #0 position, as the boot drive, sd0,
simply doesn't work.
Although the BIOS sees the drive of course, it wont boot.
Now, what I'm trying to discover, is, is it a REQUIREMENT that sysinstall/fdisk
be used on FreeBSD to set up an active/boot sector?
Thanks
Bob
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