Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 12:16:54 -0800 From: Hauan David NFIII 92SVS/SVFS 657-5922 <david.hauan@fairchild.af.mil> To: "Foster, Jim" <JFOSTER@CSKAUTO.COM> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Getting to Stable and boot floppies Message-ID: <C1D0942CA0FDD11181DD00A0C98994CCF9DF6A@clgjlkw1.fairchild.af.mil>
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Boy does this sound familiar. :) Thanks to StarOffice that pain has been removed. :) > At the moment this is the only Intel box that I have and it must also run > Windows. Since my wife is the one who primarily uses the Win95 "side" of > the box, I needed (read as was required to...) make the FreeBSD part as > transparent as possible to her. From what little I played with the boot > manager (Boot-Easy) that came with FBSD, it seemed a little too cryptic. > Since Win95 is on one physical disk and FBSD is on another, I was prompted > by the boot manager to press F5 to switch disks and then it would present > me > with what OS was on that disk. And, if memory serves me correctly, it > always defaults to the last used OS, which means if she turns on the > computer before she has had her coffee in the morning, there is a good > chance that she will miss the prompts and will be presented with a FBSD > login. At that point I will get a call at work asking how to get out of > it... > > To me, it just seemed easier for me to push in a floppy, and boot. After > the boot is done, I take out the floppy. > > At sometime in the near future I will be getting another box to run > Win95/98 > on for her and I will stop using floppies on the FBSD box. > > I don't think I have heard of OS-BS. If it is different than Boot-Easy > that > came on the CD, I will check it out... > > Again, thanks for the info. > > Jim > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alfred Perlstein [SMTP:bright@hotjobs.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 1998 12:03 PM > > To: Foster, Jim > > Cc: 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' > > Subject: RE: Getting to Stable and boot floppies > > > > On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Foster, Jim wrote: > > > > > Ahhhh. I think I am beginning to see the light. > > > > > > If I understand what you are saying, I don't need the zipped kernel on > > the > > > floppy, just the boot loader. (I would guess, perhaps incorrectly, > that > > the > > > loader doesn't change to often and I could continue to use my current > > boot > > > floppy if need be.) > > > > In 3.0 they are a bit in flux, but only for functionality, not > > compatibility, in 2.2 they seem to be going unchanged for quite > > some time, just be sure to watch out for "HEADS UP" messages on > > the lists if you can, or watch your cvsup logs for changes to the > > boot blocks. > > > > Can I ask why it is nessesary for you to boot off floppy? Can't > > you use OS-BS (in the tools directory on ftp.freebsd.org) it's a > > multiboot program you can use to switch between other OS's and > > freebsd (if this is what you are doing) > > > > If not you can try to change your active paritions via fdisk, or > > just slip a boot.conf into your / on your installed machine. > > > > > And since I already am booting off of a floppy, I do know what goes > into > > > boot.conf for my system. > > > > > > > Great, enjoy. > > > > -Alfred > > > > > Thanks a lot. > > > Jim > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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