Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 01:49:55 -0600 From: George Ruch <george.ruch@3lefties.com> To: "Norbert Koch" <NKoch@demig.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Three questions... Message-ID: <fnmmd1l17ptfa22k298fn6ek1dc5r6srpq@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <005701c58b6a$3c455c60$4801a8c0@ws-ew-3.W2KDEMIG> References: <42D80E2D.707@3lefties.com> <005701c58b6a$3c455c60$4801a8c0@ws-ew-3.W2KDEMIG>
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On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:28:04 +0200, you wrote: >As I understand, you try to install from the second hard disk. > >When I last tried this (using FreeBSD 4) it did not work such way, >because I found that in FreeBSD's boot sector code the drive number >is hard-coded. So you would have to go to the source directory, change >the drive number, assemble the boot sector and put it to drive C. This >worked for me. That tracks with the behavior I saw. I've had references to gag as a self-contained boot manager (see upthread). Meanwhile, I'm arguing (quite literally) with the install on Junior. | George Ruch | "Is there life in Clovis after Clovis Man?" -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.336 / Virus Database: 267.9.0/49 - Release Date: 7/16/2005
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