Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 19:47:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Christopher J. Michaels" <cjm2@ACSU.Buffalo.EDU> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot Question Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960905194530.266A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.93.960905212624.11860A-100000@autarch.acsu.buffalo.edu>
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On Thu, 5 Sep 1996, Christopher J. Michaels wrote: > How do I set up my system so that I can boot FreeBSD off my second > physical harddrive, without haveing the install disk in the floppy drive. > I remember the installation said something about being promped to do > this later in the installation. But I never was. Anyone know? Assuming you do not require an overlay to support your big hard disk drive, you can install a 'boot manager' to allow booting off the second disk. On the CD or in /tools on the ftp site, there are two files, 'bootinst.exe' and 'boot.bin'. Grab both files and run bootinst.exe. Next time you reboot, you'll get a menu which will allow you to boot the first or second disk. This program is called 'booteasy' and is what is installed in sysinstall. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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