From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 14 18:19:48 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57C4C16A41F for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 18:19:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from millueradfa@yahoo.com) Received: from web54504.mail.yahoo.com (web54504.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.49.154]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D4F6B43D45 for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 18:19:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from millueradfa@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 50302 invoked by uid 60001); 14 Aug 2005 18:19:45 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=i3IzPCG+jDo3fQwukCjv/5K+bU8zJ6yMuGME3N8L9U/M1zYkv3zNicFD0o0m31QuvFOVuXczkdlgp0DOLQT7aKRqH4Ijque9pYZq57fptY9nCDGjbyQD56xgfnJi2BUlYe2SO8LznVMXTSlcgQ3Pic/3OCQ2uYCsLtyCRTlK1yU= ; Message-ID: <20050814181945.50300.qmail@web54504.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [212.202.49.90] by web54504.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 11:19:44 PDT Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 11:19:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Milscvaer To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: Failed installation of FreeBSD 5.4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 18:19:48 -0000 --- "Gary W. Swearingen" wrote: > Milscvaer writes: > > > I would like to try to boot the system on the hard > > driv e from a floppy. Maybe there is something > wrong > > with the boot record on the HD. Does anyone know > if > > this is possible and how I can do that? > > Sure, but you've left us in the dark as to what you > have to work with > there. Do you have FreeBSD or some unixy OS on > another system or on a > "live CD"? Or just a floppy "fixit"? Or what? Do > you have enough > hard disk space to leave your /usr/home out of the > picture until you > get FreeBSD going on another part of the disk? > (Maybe after deleting > unneeded parts of /usr/home's filesystem.) > > Anyway, if you can run a FreeBSD off a fixit or live > CD somehow, you > can "bsdlabel" to put /boot/boot = boot+boot2 on a > floppy so you > should be able to get a "boot2" prompt (the one > before the "loader" > prompt) and try to boot your 5.4 from there. Or you > could try using > "fdisk" and "boot0cfg" and "bsdlabel" to put new > boot records (MBR, > boot1, and boot2) on a floppy or on your hard disk, > too. > > If you can DL and burn a CD, get yourself a "live > CD" or CD-based > "fixit", else try to find room on your HD for a > fresh minimal FreeBSD > install, else get an old HD and install fresh to > that. Another thing > you could try is getting a Grub floppy off the > Internet and try > booting from the Grub command line. > > I suppose that your problem is related to the fact > that your "upgrade" > is reusing your old partition(s) and maybe old boot > records. > > BTW, if you can keep your /usr/home out of the > picture and then copy > it to your new system, you can end up with nice new > UFS2 filesystems. > > BTW, if that's your only copy of /usr/home, you > probably shouldn't be > trying to install a new OS on the disk anyway. You > should be able to > find another HD for a small FreeBSD (or a copy of > /usr/home) for VERY > little money these days. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com