Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 23:24:33 +0100 From: Jayton Garnett <jay@codegurus.org> To: Carl Gustavsson <cjgu@kth.se> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot manager problem Message-ID: <435181A1.1020306@codegurus.org> In-Reply-To: <435151B6.5010805@kth.se> References: <43512F32.9050309@telia.com> <43514A9F.7000006@stud.ntnu.no> <435151B6.5010805@kth.se>
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Carl Gustavsson wrote: > > Hi, > > The problem is that there's not an option to select the > scsi-controller as first boot device. I can boot on the scsi-disc but > only if i don't have any IDE-discs in it. If I put in IDE-discs it > tries to boot to the first IDE-disc. The BIOS is very limited in the > ProLiant 400. > > FreeBSD is already installed on the machine and I don't need to > reinstall it. The problem is only that it won't boot to the scsi disc > if I dont write "1:da(0,a)/boot/loader" at the boot prompt every time > i want to boot it. So I want the boot manager to boot to > "1:da(0,a)/boot/loader" as default. > > / Carl Gustavsson > Have you tried another boot loader like GAG? I found it easy to install and use. I have it installed on a floppy with all my OS's config'd so I can either boot via the floppy or use the floppy to install it on the hard disk without any further configuration. http://gag.sourceforge.net Hope this helps Jayton
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