Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:16:08 +0200 From: vdm.fbsd@virgilio.it To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Problems with booting & MBR Message-ID: <42DC14FE0003EB30@ims1d.cp.tin.it>
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In the first disk ad0 (master) of a computer at office I had installed linux to be used as a postgresql server. Later I installed FreeBSD 5.4 (just to have a go at it) on a partition of the second disk ad1 (slave) to be a postgrresql server too. Linux lilo was the boot loader, booting linux by default and freebsd. Now, convinced of the high quality of the latter I eliminated linux from the first disk unfortunately without modifying lilo, and reshuffled the FreeBSD filesystem as in my latest /etc/fstab using also the first disk: # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# /dev/ad1s2b none swap sw 0 0 /dev/ad1s2a / ufs rw 1 1 /dev/ad0s1a /usr/local ufs rw 0 0 /dev/ad0s1d /var ufs rw 0 0 /dev/ad0s1e /tmp ufs rw 0 0 /dev/acd0 /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 Now, even though I read the booting procedure in the handbook and somewhere else in the internet, issuing the various "fdisk -b B", "disklabel -b ..", "boot0cfg ..", I was completely unable to modify the MBR and make this FreeBSD only computer boot directly into this OS. What should I do with the configuration I have? A straightforward and step by step explanation is highly appreciated. P.S. Is it possible that some problems can arise by the fact that I used an "a" slice (ad0s1a)for mounting /usr/local and freebsd starts from ad1s1a? Ciao Vittorio
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