Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 20:50:07 -0400 (EDT) From: "Albert H." <hometeam@techpower.net> To: hight@sri.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: System Commander and FreeBSD problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971023204645.1084A-100000@techpower.net> In-Reply-To: <9710232324.AA16735@std.sri.com>
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Have you looked at the boot loader from the tools dir of Freebsd it works great... I put the boot.bin and bootinst.exe in the C: dir incase I upgrade anything in dos that changes my MBR like windows.. I know your using the system commander but why use a third party..? Just a thought,,,. hometeam@techpower.net --We cannot all be masters, nor all masters Cannot be truly follow'd-- -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- Version: 2.6.2 owEBqwBU/4kAlQMFADRCxNWhsddKSTR+6QEBelED/jzeC3btZfqSdIfrNoCgwUJJ iNQ33UQoMyJ2ygkfl72xP5J79yml/F4P73GnNaDVbaMOmOG2NNAi5ElE73wRh54U 17kH+n5XnYeqekV8T2TG2Q6ex3UotXPyZ1vvrCrSxapOz6a4hh0GQeA55rcwLy2W ROHwxfvaVsrX5iVOkRoerBFiC21lc3NhZ2UudHh0AAAAAA== =jCvF -----END PGP MESSAGE----- On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, John Hight wrote: > > Recently I've totally reorganized my four-scsi-drive system. I > previously used NT's loader, but I'm currently reworking thinks to try > using System Commander. I've finally managed to bust through the evil > Microsoft OSs and get them working, but now I'm stuck with getting > FreeBSD boot. > > I've got FreeBSD installed on the 1st partition of my 3rd drive. I > can boot off my floppy with "Boot: sd(2,a)/kernel", and when I > disconnect my 1st two drives (scsi id 0 and 1), I can get a direct > boot off the drive (Sys Cmdr is on drive 1, sd0). But when I put both > my other drives back on line, I get "Read error" after selecting my > FreeBSD menu-item in the System Commander popup. > > Does System Commander have any requirements for systems to boot off of > the first two drives? > > Does FreeBSD have any requirements for systems to boot off of the > first two drives? > > I'm frustrated having to muck with this low level stuff. I had hoped > the process would be simpler by going to a "3rd-party/independent" > software package (i.e., System Commander) and I have used it > successfully in other situations. > > Thanks, > John >
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