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Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD still on disk ? How to boot :- Booting Default: F?
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 17:01:37 +0100
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> From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net>
> To: David.Larkin@DJL.co.uk
> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD still on disk ? How to boot :- Booting Default:
F?
> Date: Monday, August 10, 1998 3:34 PM
> 
> David Larkin wrote:
> > 
> ..snipped tale of hosed disk...
> 
> Agree, the second disk looks promising.

glad to have some encouragement that it may be recoverable.

> 
> > I  wrote a boot manager to the first disk (wd0), and now when I 
> > boot I get the following
> > 
> > F5 .... disk 2
> > Default: F5
> > F5 .... disk 2
> > Default: F?
> > 
> 
> what happens when you press F5?

After pressing <F5> 
F5 .... disk 2
Default: F?

Repeat many times .........
After pressing <F5> 
F5 .... disk 2
Default: F?

After pressing <F1> 
F5 .... disk 2
Default: F1

After pressing <F2> 
F5 .... disk 2
Default: F2

> 
> Dave

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