Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 13:52:22 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: dylan <dylan@dragnet.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: how do i boot into the freebsd slice? Message-ID: <200003291852.NAA89546@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <001e01bf9842$0e184bc0$636129cb@dragnet.com.au>
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On 27-Mar-00 dylan wrote: > Hi there, > > I am getting invalid partition when I boot up, also the message 'No Boot Loader'. > I am desparately trying to boot this machine up as it has a server config on the HD. > > If I boot of a BSD CD and use FDISK the partition slice is wd0s1 > If I run label it says the paritition slice is wd0s1e > However I have tried putting in /dev/wd0s1e at the boot: prompt and it still doesnt work.. any ideas > people? Try '0:wd(0,a)' and see if that works. boot2 (which uses the boot: prompt) doesn't use /dev/ for its device naming scheme. > My previous message - http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=221109+0+current/freebsd-questions -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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